January 2008
Intermediate to advanced
549 pages
19h 13m
English
book
Professional Windows® PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
by Joezer Cookey-Gam, Brendan Keane, Jeffrey Rosen, Jonathan Runyon, Joel Stidley
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Contents
Acknowledgments xxiii
Introduction xxv
Part I: PowerShell for Exchange Fundamentals 1
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Windows PowerShell 3
What Is Windows PowerShell? 3
Shell History 4
When Shells Are Better than GUI Interfaces 4
Common Shell Limitations 5
The Power Behind PowerShell 5
PowerShell Basics 6
The Command-Line Interface 6
Cmdlets 8
Discovering Commands and Getting Help 15
Using Pipelines 23
Running Scripts 29
Preparing Exchange Management Shell 30
Summary 31
Chapter 2: Using Exchange Management Shell 33
Why Learn Exchange Management Shell? 34
Shell versus Console 34
Direct Comparison 34
Exchange Management Console 37
Exchange Cmdlet Sets 38
Working from the Command Line 41
Getting Around 41
Windows PowerShell Drives 43
Working with Output 45
Using Variables, Aliases, and Functions 48
Using Profiles 52
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Contents
Working with Windows 54
Controlling Processes 54
Controlling Services 55
Working with Windows Registry 57
Working with Event Logs 60
Summary 64
Chapter 3: Using PowerShell to Deploy Exchange Server 2007 65
Deploying Exchange Server 2007 66
Hardware Requirements 66
Software Requirements 68
Domain Requirements 69
Domain Preparation 70
Server Installation 72
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