14. Windows PowerShell
In This Chapter
• This chapter introduces Windows PowerShell, a truly unique scripting and management tool.
• This chapter describes how PowerShell works as a command-line environment. The following chapters discuss the PowerShell programming language and PowerShell commands.
• You’ll see that PowerShell commands work with objects instead of text.
• You’ll learn about an important security setting you’ll have to change before you can run PowerShell scripts.
Introduction to Windows PowerShell
In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to the older tools: Like the Command ...
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