Chapter 2. Survey of Windows PowerShell Capabilities

While this chapter presents a survey of some of the basic capabilities of Windows PowerShell 2.0, it also presents some pretty cool best practices for using them. Windows PowerShell issues in a raft of new and exciting features, many of which will completely change the way you have used Windows PowerShell in the past.

Using the Interactive Command Line

Once Windows PowerShell 2.0 is installed on a workstation or server, it is quite natural to open the PowerShell prompt and begin to work. In fact, a lot of information can be obtained quickly, efficiently, and easily. As an example, if you are concerned ...

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