Windows PowerShell Best Practices
Published on 15. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
760 pages
978-0-7356-6649-8 (ISBN)
Description
Expert recommendations, pragmatically applied.
Automate system administration using Windows PowerShell best practices-and optimize your operational efficiency. With this practical guide, Windows PowerShell expert and instructor Ed Wilson delivers field-tested tips, real-world examples, and candid advice culled from administrators across a range of business and technical scenarios. If you're an IT professional with Windows PowerShell experience, this book is ideal.
Discover how to:
Use Windows PowerShell to automate Active Directory tasks
Explore available WMI classes and methods with CIM cmdlets
Identify and track scripting opportunities to avoid duplication
Use functions to encapsulate business logic and reuse code
Design your script's best input method and output destination
Test scripts by checking their syntax and performance
Choose the most suitable method for running remote commands
Manage software services with Desired State Configuration
Automate system administration using Windows PowerShell best practices-and optimize your operational efficiency. With this practical guide, Windows PowerShell expert and instructor Ed Wilson delivers field-tested tips, real-world examples, and candid advice culled from administrators across a range of business and technical scenarios. If you're an IT professional with Windows PowerShell experience, this book is ideal.
Discover how to:
Use Windows PowerShell to automate Active Directory tasks
Explore available WMI classes and methods with CIM cmdlets
Identify and track scripting opportunities to avoid duplication
Use functions to encapsulate business logic and reuse code
Design your script's best input method and output destination
Test scripts by checking their syntax and performance
Choose the most suitable method for running remote commands
Manage software services with Desired State Configuration
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Ed Wilson | Windows PowerShell Teams at Microsoft
Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices
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12/2009
Microsoft Press
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Ed Wilson, MCSE, CISSP, is a well-known scripting expert and author of "Hey Scripting Guy!", one of the most popular blogs on Microsoft TechNet. Ed has written six books on Microsoft Windows scripting for Microsoft Press, including three Windows PowerShell titles: Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices, Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide, and Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step by Step. He has delivered a popular Windows PowerShell workshop to Microsoft Premier customers worldwide, and has spoken at the Microsoft TechEd and TechReady conferences. Before coming to work for Microsoft, Ed was a senior consultant for a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner where he specialized in Active Directory design and Exchange Server implementation.
Content
Foreword
Introduction
Understanding the basics of Windows PowerShell
Chapter 1: Survey of Windows PowerShell capabilities
Chapter 2: Using the CIM cmdlets
Planning for scripting
Chapter 3: Using the Active Directory module
Chapter 4: Identifying scripting opportunities
Chapter 5: Configuring the script environment
Chapter 6: Avoiding scripting pitfalls
Chapter 7: Tracking scripting opportunities
Designing the script
Chapter 8: Designing the script
Chapter 9: Designing help for scripts
Chapter 10: Designing modules
Chapter 11: Handling input and output
Chapter 12: Handling errors
Chapter 13: Testing scripts
Chapter 14: Documenting scripts
Deploying the script
Chapter 15: Managing the execution policy
Chapter 16: Running scripts
Chapter 17: Versioning scripts
Chapter 18: Logging results
Chapter 19: Troubleshooting scripts
Chapter 20: Using the Windows PowerShell ISE
Chapter 21: Using Windows PowerShell remoting and jobs
Chapter 22: Using Windows PowerShell Workflow
Chapter 23: Using the Windows PowerShell DSC
About the author
Introduction
Understanding the basics of Windows PowerShell
Chapter 1: Survey of Windows PowerShell capabilities
Chapter 2: Using the CIM cmdlets
Planning for scripting
Chapter 3: Using the Active Directory module
Chapter 4: Identifying scripting opportunities
Chapter 5: Configuring the script environment
Chapter 6: Avoiding scripting pitfalls
Chapter 7: Tracking scripting opportunities
Designing the script
Chapter 8: Designing the script
Chapter 9: Designing help for scripts
Chapter 10: Designing modules
Chapter 11: Handling input and output
Chapter 12: Handling errors
Chapter 13: Testing scripts
Chapter 14: Documenting scripts
Deploying the script
Chapter 15: Managing the execution policy
Chapter 16: Running scripts
Chapter 17: Versioning scripts
Chapter 18: Logging results
Chapter 19: Troubleshooting scripts
Chapter 20: Using the Windows PowerShell ISE
Chapter 21: Using Windows PowerShell remoting and jobs
Chapter 22: Using Windows PowerShell Workflow
Chapter 23: Using the Windows PowerShell DSC
About the author