Windows PowerShell in Action (Second Edition)

Summary
Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition is a completely revised edition of the bestselling book on PowerShell, written by Bruce Payette, one of the founding members of the Windows PowerShell team, co-designer of the PowerShell language, and the principal author of the PowerShell language implementation. The definitive book on PowerShell V2.
About the Technology
Windows PowerShell transformed the way administrators and developers interact with Windows. PowerShell, an elegant dynamic language from Microsoft, lets you script administrative tasks and control Windows from the command line. Because it's a full-featured, first-class Windows programming language, programmers and power-users can now do things in a shell that previously required VB, VBScript, or C#.
About the Book
This expanded, revised, and updated Second Edition preserves the original's crystal-clear introduction to PowerShell and adds extensive coverage of v2 features such as advanced functions, modules, and remoting. It includes full chapters on these topics and also covers new language elements and operators, events, Web Services for Management, and the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment.
The First 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 your imagination. This is the definitive book on PowerShell v2!
Who Should Read It
Written for developers and administrators with intermediate level scripting knowledge. No prior experience with PowerShell is required.
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
What's Inside

Batch scripting, string processing, files, and XML
PowerShell remoting
Application of COM and WMI
Network and GUI programming
Writing modules and scripts

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Table of Contents

PART 1 Learning PowerShell
Welcome to PowerShell
Foundations of PowerShell
Working with types
Operators and expressions
Advanced operators and variables
Flow control in scripts
PowerShell functions
Advanced functions and scripts
Using and authoring modules
Module manifests and metadata
Metaprogramming with scriptblocks and dynamic code
Remoting and background jobs
Remoting: configuring applications and services
Errors and exceptions
The PowerShell ISE and debugger,/LI.
PART 2 Using PowerShell
Working with files, text, and XML
Extending your reach with .NET
Working with COM
Management objects: WMI and WS-MAN
Responding in real time with eventing
Security, security, security



This volume shows how to build scripts and utilities to automate system tasks or create powerful system management tools to handle the day-to-day tasks that drive a Windows administrator's life.