Windows PowerShell Cookbook: for Windows, Exchange 2007, and MOM V3

Description

Written by Microsoft PowerShell team developer and blogger Lee Holmes (www.leeholmes.com/blog/), this book is a complete Windows PowerShell language learning resource as well as a tool for day-to-day administration. Not only will you learn the essentials of the PowerShell scripting language and environment, you'll find nearly 250 tested scripts that you can use to automate an impressive variety of tasks.

Windows PowerShell Cookbook is ideal for those who administer Exchange 2007 and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) v3, the two major Microsoft server products whose management interfaces will be the first to use PowerShell. Exchange and MOM are featured in many examples that introduce the functionality of the language, and are covered by chapters that contain complete solutions. All Windows administrators will appreciate the appendices that include a PowerShell language quick reference, tables of registry keys, and a reference to the .NET, WMI and COM objects that PowerShell scripters will use most often.

As you learn PowerShell, the book also provides tools you can use right away to administer Windows systems. There are scripts for automating everything from working with files, event logs and other forms of structured data to managing the users and resources of complex Windows networks. Although this book is still in progress, you can still get going with PowerShell through our Rough Cuts version, which gives you online and PDF access to this guide as it evolves.

Topics include:

• Fundamentals -- you will learn about pipelines, variables, objects, looping and flow control, strings and unstructured text, calculations and math.
• Common tasks -- covers simple files; structured files; Internet-enabled scripts; code reuse; lists, arrays and hashtables; user feedback; error management; environmental awareness; script signing; and more
• Administrator tasks -- includes files and directories, registry manipulation, comparing data, event logs, process cmdlets, service cmdlets, Active Directory, enterprise computer management, and more.

With tutorials, scripts and references all in one volume, Windows PowerShell Cookbook will turbocharge the productivity of any Windows administrator.