Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Practices

Introduction

One of the great things about being the Microsoft Scripting Guy is the interaction I have with customers—people who are using Windows PowerShell to manage enterprise networks of every size and description: pure Microsoft networks, heterogeneous networks, and even networks running software that is obsolete and no longer supported. Within all of these interactions with customers runs a common thread: “How can I more efficiently manage my network?”

Windows PowerShell is the Microsoft answer to the question of more effective and efficient network management. At TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles, the Windows PowerShell sessions were the most heavily attended of all of the sessions offered. While I was manning the Microsoft Scripting Guys booth, ...