Windows Server 2008 Portable Command Guide: MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646, 70-647

Chapter 38. Creating and Running a PowerShell Script

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

• Setting the security context

• Creating a PowerShell profile

• Creating and modifying the global PowerShell profile

• Running PowerShell scripts

• Logging processes with a get-process script

• Testing for the existence of a file

• Creating output as HTML

• Running a script against multiple computers

• Scheduling PowerShell scripts

Tip

You should be familiar with PowerShell when preparing for the 70-640, 70-643, and 70-647 exams.

Setting the Security Context

PowerShell has different levels of security set by an execution policy. If you don’t modify the execution policy, you won’t be able to run any scripts. ...