Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Getting Started with Windows PowerShell

PowerShell is available on all new Microsoft operating systems, and administrators can begin learning PowerShell even when SharePoint 2010 is not installed. To make sure that the latest version of PowerShell is installed, check the Microsoft PowerShell scripting center (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/default.aspx). All the examples in this book were written with PowerShell 2.0.

To start working with PowerShell, go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows PowerShell and run Windows PowerShell. This starts the PowerShell shell that can be used for typing PowerShell commands and executing scripts. The default PowerShell shell is shown in Figure 7.1.

Figure 7.1. Viewing the default PowerShell ...