This portable reference to Windows PowerShell 3.0 summarizes the command shell and scripting language, and provides a concise reference to the many tasks that make PowerShell so useful. If you’re a busy Windows administrator, and don’t have time to plow through huge books or search online, this is the ideal on-the-job tool. Written by Microsoft PowerShell team member Lee Holmes, and excerpted from his Windows PowerShell Cookbook, this edition offers up-to-date coverage of PowerShell 3.0. You’ll find information on the .NET classes and legacy tools you need to manage your system, along with chapters on how to write scripts, manage errors, and format output. Beginning with a guided tour of Windows PowerShell, this handy guide covers: PowerShell language and environment Regular expression reference XPath quick reference .NET string formatting .NET DateTime formatting Selected .NET classes and their uses WMI reference Selected COM objects and their uses Selected events and their uses Standard PowerShell verbs
PowerShell can tell you: [DateTime]::IsLeapYear(2096) PS > True Going further, how might you determine how much time remains until the Y2038 Epochalypse? The following command converts "01/19/2038" (the date of the Year 2038 problem) to ...
Written by PowerShell team member Lee Holmes and excerpted from his PowerShell Cookbook, this edition offers up-to-date coverage of Windows PowerShell 5.1 and open source PowerShell Core up to 7 and beyond.
With more than 250 ready-to-use recipes, this solutions-oriented introduction to the Windows PowerShell scripting environment and language provides administrators with the tools to be productive immediately.
Server. The SMB protocol is a network protocol that runs on top of TCP/IP and is used to share access to files, printers, ... All currently supported versions of Windows (server and client) contain an SMB client and an SMB server.
This book includes example scripts that you can easily pull apart, tweak, and then use in your own PowerShell and .NET solutions.
Now updated for Windows Server 2008 R2, this practical, portable guide delivers ready answers for the day-to-day administration of Windows Server 2008.
Plus, this is the first time that VBScript, Jscript, and Powershell are all covered in a single resource. VBScript, JScript, and PowerShell together in a single, comprehensive guide!
PowerShell® is both a scripting language and an administrative shell that lets you control and automate nearly every aspect of IT. In PowerShell for Sysadmins, five-time Microsoft® MVP "Adam the Automator" Bertram shows you how to use ...
A guide to using Windows PowerShell to script Windows administrative tasks and control Windows from the command line.
Discover how to: Run cmdlets and command-line utilities Administer Windows-based servers and desktops with built-in cmdlets Use providers to access external information Write and run scripts from the Windows ISE Create functions that are ...