Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Practices

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By Ed Wilson

Publisher: Microsoft Press

Released: March 2010

Pages: 752

Apply best practices for automating system administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and optimize your operational efficiency and results. This guide captures the field-tested tips, real-world lessons, and candid advice of practitioners across the range of business and technical scenarios and across the scripting life cycle. Discover how to:

Take advantage of new features and cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0
Plan scripting usage scenarios and define standards Deploy Windows PowerShell 2.0 to desktops and servers
Configure scripting environments
Optimize remote scripting capabilities
Work with Active Directory(r) and WMI
Design functions and modules
Optimize input and output
Handle errors
Document scripts
Test and troubleshoot scripts
Avoid scripting pitfalls

The companion CD includes a fully searchable eBook and sample scripts.

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Title:

Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Practices

By:

Ed Wilson

Publisher:

Microsoft Press

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Print:

December 2010

Ebook:

March 2010

Pages:

752

Print ISBN:

978-0-7356-2646-1

| ISBN 10:

0-7356-2646-4

Ebook ISBN:

978-0-7356-4083-2

| ISBN 10:

0-7356-4083-1

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9/9/2010

5.0

Great Book for those into PS2.0

By Zsoldier

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Just when I thought I was getting better @ Powershell, this book has much more to offer and keeps me in line w/ better scripting practices. Examples are top notch and explanations couldn't be simpler.

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I'm just beginning to read this book and I thought I'd add my first impressions. I'm a SQL Server DBA and I'm looking to learn Powershell as a means of remotely administering my servers. I've only used Powershell briefly so I'm far from an expert. I'm hopeful this book will help my understanding.

First off, this book is not a book for beginners. A background in Powershell is helpful. I'm having to look up some of the concepts. But that's not the fault of the book, and the authors say as much in the Introduction. My only suggestion for other Powershell beginners is to read Chapter 6, on configuring the environment, first.

I've finished the first two chapters so far and I find the book is well written and informative. Chapter 1 is about Version 2, what's new, and how to deploy it on different OS's. It also shows how to use a version tag for backwards compatibility with version 1. Chapter 2 shows how to use WMI functionality and how remoting works. Remoting is also new to Version 2.

There's 2 things that make this book invaluable as a reference. First, the appendices are full of great information. For example, Appendix A lists all the cmdlets in Version 2 with a short description. Second, on the companion CD, there's a Quick Reference Guide pdf file that summarizes the points of each chapter.

I'll update my review after I finish the book.