Windows PowerShell transformed the way administrators and
developers interact with Windows. PowerShell, an elegant dynamic
language from Microsoft, lets its users script administrative tasks and
control Windows from the command line. Because it''s a full-featured,
first-class Windows programming language, programmers and powerusers
can now do things in a shell that previously required VB,
VBScript, or C#.
Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition is a completely revised
edition of the bestselling book on PowerShell. It keeps the same
crystal-clear introduction to PowerShell as the last edition and adds
extensive coverage of v3, v4, and v5 features such as PowerShell
Workflows, Desired State Configuration, PowerShell classes and the
PowerShell APIs, new error handling and debugging features. It
includes full chapters on these topics and also covers new language
elements and operators, PowerShell remoting, CIM, events, working
with data such as XML and flat files, The Second Edition''s coverage of
batch scripting and string processing, COM, WMI, and .NET have all
been significantly revised and expanded. The book includes many
popular usage scenarios and is rich in interesting examples that will
spark the reader’s imagination.
Key Features
• Crystal-clear introduction to PowerShell
• Extensive coverage of v3, v4, and v5 features
• Includes many popular usage scenarios
• Rich in interesting examples that spark the imagination
• The definitive book on PowerShell
AUDIENCE
Written for developers and administrators with intermediate level scripting
knowledge. No prior experience with PowerShell is required.
ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY
Windows PowerShell is an elegant, dynamic language from Microsoft, that
lets developers and administrators script administrative tasks and control
Windows from the command line.
