Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
About the Author
About the Cover Illustration
1. Getting started with PowerShell
Chapter 1. PowerShell fundamentals
1.1. What’s PowerShell?
1.1.1. .NET—not necessarily
1.2. Why PowerShell?
1.2.1. Eureka 1
1.2.2. Importance to you
1.2.3. Designed for you
1.2.4. Quicker and more powerful
1.2.5. Extensible and flexible
1.3. Major features
1.3.1. Cmdlets
1.3.2. Pipeline
1.3.3. Utility cmdlets
1.3.4. Providers
1.3.5. Help system
1.4. PowerShell v2
1.4.1. PowerShell 2 Eureka
1.4.2. Should I upgrade?
1.5. Summary
Chapter 2. Learning PowerShell
2.1. Open the book—learn by doing
2.2. Installation and configuration
2.2.1. Installation
2.2.2. Configuring PowerShell
2.2.3. Extending PowerShell
2.2.4. Potential issues
2.3. Your four best friends
2.3.1. Get-Help
2.3.2. Get-Command
2.3.3. Get-Member
2.3.4. Get-PSDrive
2.4. Language features
2.4.1. Variables
2.4.2. Arrays
2.4.3. Branches
2.4.4. Loops
2.4.5. Functions
2.4.6. Output