Professional Windows® PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Getting Started with

Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell is the next - generation command - line shell and scripting language for

Windows. Exchange Server 2007 is the first Microsoft application to utilize Windows PowerShell

for deployment and administration. This chapter introduces Windows PowerShell and explains

the basic concepts you ’ ll need to know to use Windows PowerShell effectively.

The first section, “ What Is Windows PowerShell? ” includes command shell history and describes

the features that make Windows PowerShell the ideal management platform for Exchange

Server 2007.

The section that follows, “ Windows PowerShell Basics, ” covers the fundamentals of Windows

PowerShell. This section describes the components of Windows PowerShell and how to find

commands and then learn how to use them.

To understand Windows PowerShell and its benefit to Exchange administrators, this chapter

covers the following key areas:

Command shells vs. Graphical User Interfaces

Windows PowerShell components

Windows PowerShell built - in help

Composing commands using pipelines

What Is Windows PowerShell?

Windows PowerShell is a new command - line shell and scripting language for Windows. It was

designed by Microsoft specifically to give administrators an extensible command shell for

managing Windows environments with greater control and flexibility. This ...