Mastering PowerShell

Free ebook “Mastering PowerShell” by Dr. Tobias Weltner.

Book Description

PowerShell is an optional component for Windows XP and better. You will have to download and install PowerShell before using it. Beginning with Windows Server 2008, PowerShell is included with Windows by default. It still needs to be enabled in Windows software feature list. You will find PowerShell, like any other program, in the start menu below “All Programs.” It is located in the program folder Windows PowerShell 1.0. The program file name is “powershell.exe.”

Table of Contents

• The PowerShell Console
• Interactive PowerShell
• Variables, Arrays and Hashtables
• The PowerShell Pipeline
• Using Objects
• Conditions
• Loops
• Functions
• Scripts
• Finding and Avoiding Errors
• Command Discovery and Scriptblocks
• Text and Regular Expressions
• XML
• The File System
• The Registry
• Processes
• Services
• Event Logs
• WMI: Windows Management Instrumentation
• User Management
• Your Own Cmdlets and Extensions

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