Windows PowerShell in Action - Softcover

Payette, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935182137 ISBN 13: 9781935182139

Publisher: Manning Publications, 2011

Synopsis

HIGHLIGHT

Written by one of PowerShell's creators, this revised and updated edition of the top-selling

PowerShell book covers the latest version 2.0 features.

DESCRIPTION

Windows PowerShell transformed the way administrators and developers

interact with Windows, allowing them to script administrative tasks and control

Windows from the command line. It's now a daily timesaver for anyone

working with Windows Server, Exchange Server, SQL Server, and other

mission-critical tools.

Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition shows how to build scripts and

utilities to automate system tasks or create powerful system management tools

to handle the day-to-day tasks that drive a Windows administrator’s life. This

updated edition covers the latest changes in PowerShell 2.0, due in October

2009, with full chapters on remoting, modules, events and transactions, and the

PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment.

KEY POINTS

P• Author Bruce Payette is one of the founding members of the Windows

PowerShell team, co-designer of the PowerShell language, and the principal

author of the PowerShell language implementation.

P• Microsoft's PowerShell program manager said the first edition had "all the

secrets” of PowerShell.

P• Up to date with new features in version 2.0 including deeper coverage of

"commandlets" (cmdlets) and more of the popular usage scenarios

throughout the book.

About this title

About the Author

Bruce Payette

is a founding member of the Windows PowerShell team, the author

of the Windows PowerShell language interpreter, and one of the key designers of

the Windows PowerShell utility tools for Windows for the past 15 years at

companies like MKS and language. Bruce has been working on UNIX shell and

Softway, now part of Microsoft Services for Unix. Bruce holds a BSc from the

University of Waterloo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935182137
• ISBN 13: 9781935182139
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 700