PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition is the go-to reference for administrators working with Windows PowerShell. Every major technique, technology, and tactic is carefully, explained and demonstrated, providing a hands-on guide to almost everything an admin would do in the shell. Written by three experienced authors and PowerShell MVPs, this is the PowerShell book you'll, keep next to your monitor, not on your bookshelf!
This book assumes you know the basics of PowerShell.
What's Inside • Automating tasks • Packaging and deploying scripts • Introduction to Desired State Configuration • PowerShell security • Covers PowerShell version 3 and later
Table of Contents PART 1 POWERSHELL FUNDAMENTALS • Introduction • PowerShell hosts • Using the PowerShell help system • The basics of PowerShell syntax • Working with PSSnapins and modules • Operators • Working with objects • The PowerShell pipeline • Formatting PART 2 POWERSHELL MANAGEMENT • PowerShell Remoting • Background jobs and scheduling • Working with credentials • Regular expressions • Working with HTML and XML data • PSDrives and PSProviders • Variables, arrays, hash tables, and script blocks • PowerShell security • Advanced PowerShell syntax PART 3 POWERSHELL SCRIPTING AND AUTOMATION • PowerShell's scripting language • Basic scripts and functions • Creating objects for output • Scope • PowerShell workflows • Advanced syntax for scripts and functions • Script modules and manifest modules • Custom formatting views • Custom type extensions • Data language and internationalization • Writing help • Error handling techniques • Debugging tools and techniques • Functions that work like cmdlets • Tips and tricks for creating reports PART 4 ADVANCED POWERSHELL • Working with the Component Object Model (COM) • Working with.NET Framework objects • Accessing databases • Proxy functions • Building a GUI • WMI and CIM • Working with the web • Desired State Configuration
