Windows PowerShell Cookbook: for Windows, Exchange 2007, and MOM V3

by Lee Holmes

Overview

This Cookbook by Windows PowerShell team developer Lee Holmes provides hundreds of tested scripts that you can use right away to get Microsoft's new tool working for you. More than 150 recipes, combined with a concise task-based introduction to the Windows PowerShell scripting language and environment, make it the perfect look-up guide when you encounter a thorny problem, or need a quick solution. The ideal companion to any tutorial or reference, this book meets the needs of system administrators at any level.

Microsoft has revolutionized the world of system management and command-line shells with its release of Windows PowerShell, and Lee Holmes gives you practical tools and inside advice that will make you a more productive user and administrator. You will be able to solve everything from automating routine tasks, working with files, event logs and other forms of structured data, to managing the users and resources of complex Windows networks. Each recipe includes a focused piece of code plus discussion of how and why it works, so that you can apply the solution to similar tasks.

You get an array of recipes covering PowerShell fundamentals, common tasks, and administrator tasks, including:

• Pipelines, variables, objects, looping and flow control, strings and unstructured text, calculations and math



• Simple files; structured files; Internet-enabled scripts; code reuse; lists, arrays and hashtables; user feedback; error management; environmental awareness; script signing; and more



• Files and directories, registry manipulation, comparing data, event logs, process cmdlets, service cmdlets, Active Directory, enterprise computer management, and more

Those who administer Microsoft's Exchange 2007 and System Center Operations Manager (formerly MOM) will also benefit from this book, with separate chapters devoted to these servers. All Windows administrators will appreciate the appendices that include a PowerShell language quick reference, and a reference to the .NET, WMI and COM objects that PowerShell scripters will use often.

With working scripts, tutorials, and references all in one volume, Windows PowerShell Cookbook will turbocharge the productivity of any Windows administrator.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780596554774
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/23/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	592
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Lee Holmes is a developer on the Microsoft Windows PowerShell team, and has been an authoritative source of information about PowerShell since its earliest betas. His vast experience with Windows PowerShell lets him to integrate both the "how" and the "why" into discussions. Lee's integration with the PowerShell and administration community (via newsgroups, mailing lists, and blogs) gives him a great deal of insight into the problems faced by all levels of administrators, and PowerShell users alike.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface
Part I: Tour

• A Guided Tour of Windows Power Shell

Part II: Fundamentals

• 
  Chapter 1: The Windows Power Shell Interactive Shell
• 
  Chapter 2: Pipelines
• 
  Chapter 3: Variables and Objects
• 
  Chapter 4: Looping and Flow Control
• 
  Chapter 5: Strings and Unstructured Text
• 
  Chapter 6: Calculations and Math

Part III: Common Tasks

• 
  Chapter 7: Simple Files
• 
  Chapter 8: Structured Files
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  Chapter 9: Internet-Enabled Scripts
• 
  Chapter 10: Code Reuse
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  Chapter 11: Lists, Arrays, and Hashtables
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  Chapter 12: User Interaction
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  Chapter 13: Tracing and Error Management
• 
  Chapter 14: Environmental Awareness
• 
  Chapter 15: Extend the Reach of Windows Power Shell
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  Chapter 16: Security and Script Signing

Part IV: Administrator Tasks

• 
  Chapter 17: Files and Directories
• 
  Chapter 18: The Windows Registry
• 
  Chapter 19: Comparing Data
• 
  Chapter 20: Event Logs
• 
  Chapter 21: Processes
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  Chapter 22: System Services
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  Chapter 23: Active Directory
• 
  Chapter 24: Enterprise Computer Management
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  Chapter 25: Manage an Exchange 2007 Server
• 
  Chapter 26: Manage an Operations Manager 2007 Server

Part V: References

• Power Shell Language and Environment
• Regular Expression Reference
• Power Shell Automatic Variables
• Standard Power Shell Verbs
• Selected .NET Classes and Their Uses
• WMI Reference
• Selected COM Objects and Their Uses
• .NET String Formatting
• .NET Date Time Formatting

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