PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition

PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition

by Don Jones, Richard Siddaway, Jeffery Hicks
Released October 2014
Publisher(s): Manning Publications
ISBN: 9781617292187

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Book description

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!



About the Technology


About the Book

A Windows admin using PowerShell every day may not have the time to search the net every time he or she hits a snag. Wouldn't it be great to have a team of seasoned PowerShell experts ready to answer even the toughest questions? That's what you get with this book.

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 PowerShell MVPs Don Jones, Jeffrey Hicks, and Richard Siddaway, each valuable technique was developed and thoroughly tested, so you'll be able to consistently write production-quality, maintainable scripts while saving hours of time and effort.



What's Inside
  • Automating tasks
  • Packaging and deploying scripts
  • Introduction to Desired State Configuration
  • PowerShell security
  • Covers PowerShell version 3 and later


About the Reader

This book assumes you know the basics of PowerShell.



About the Author

Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks, and Richard Siddaway are Microsoft MVPs, trainers, and administrators. Collectively, they've authored nearly three dozen books on PowerShell and Windows administration.



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Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Brief Table of Contents
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Praise for the First Edition
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About this Book
  8. Part 1. PowerShell fundamentals
    1. Chapter 1. Introduction
    2. Chapter 2. PowerShell hosts
    3. Chapter 3. Using the PowerShell help system
    4. Chapter 4. The basics of PowerShell syntax
    5. Chapter 5. Working with PSSnapins and modules
    6. Chapter 6. Operators
    7. Chapter 7. Working with objects
    8. Chapter 8. The PowerShell pipeline
    9. Chapter 9. Formatting
  9. Part 2. PowerShell management
    1. Chapter 10. PowerShell Remoting
    2. Chapter 11. Background jobs and scheduling
    3. Chapter 12. Working with credentials
    4. Chapter 13. Regular expressions
    5. Chapter 14. Working with HTML and XML data
    6. Chapter 15. PSDrives and PSProviders
    7. Chapter 16. Variables, arrays, hash tables, and script blocks
    8. Chapter 17. PowerShell security
    9. Chapter 18. Advanced PowerShell syntax
  10. Part 3. PowerShell scripting and automation
    1. Chapter 19. PowerShell’s scripting language
    2. Chapter 20. Basic scripts and functions
    3. Chapter 21. Creating objects for output
    4. Chapter 22. Scope
    5. Chapter 23. PowerShell workflows
    6. Chapter 24. Advanced syntax for scripts and functions
    7. Chapter 25. Script modules and manifest modules
    8. Chapter 26. Custom formatting views
    9. Chapter 27. Custom type extensions
    10. Chapter 28. Data language and internationalization
    11. Chapter 29. Writing help
    12. Chapter 30. Error handling techniques
    13. Chapter 31. Debugging tools and techniques
    14. Chapter 32. Functions that work like cmdlets
    15. Chapter 33. Tips and tricks for creating reports
  11. Part 4. Advanced PowerShell
    1. Chapter 34. Working with the Component Object Model (COM)
    2. Chapter 35. Working with .NET Framework objects
    3. Chapter 36. Accessing databases
    4. Chapter 37. Proxy functions
    5. Chapter 38. Building a GUI
    6. Chapter 39. WMI and CIM
    7. Chapter 40. Working with the web
    8. Chapter 41. Desired State Configuration
  12. Appendix A. Best practices
  13. Appendix B. PowerShell Web Access
  14. Appendix C. PowerShell versions
  15. Index
  16. List of Figures
  17. List of Tables
  18. List of Listings

Product information

  • Title: PowerShell in Depth, Second Edition
  • Author(s): Don Jones, Richard Siddaway, Jeffery Hicks
  • Release date: October 2014
  • Publisher(s): Manning Publications
  • ISBN: 9781617292187