Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Before you begin
1.1. Why you can’t afford to ignore PowerShell
1.1.1. Life without PowerShell
1.1.2. Life with PowerShell
1.2. And now, it’s just “PowerShell”
1.3. Is this book for you?
1.4. How to use this book
1.4.1. The main chapters
1.4.2. Hands-on labs
1.4.3. Code samples
1.4.4. Supplementary materials
1.4.5. Further exploration
1.4.6. Above and beyond
1.5. Setting up your lab environment
1.6. Installing Windows PowerShell
1.7. Contacting us
1.8. Being immediately effective with PowerShell
Chapter 2. Meet PowerShell
2.1. Choose your weapon
2.1.1. The console window
2.1.2. The Integrated Scripting Environment
2.2. It’s typing class all over again
2.3. Common points of confusion