Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446 EAN: 9780596528492 ISBN: 0596528493 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 584 Publication Date: October 23, 2007 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 87495 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionThis Cookbook by Windows PowerShell team developer Lee Holmes provides hundreds of tested scripts that you can use right away to get Microsoft's new tool working for you. More than 150 recipes, combined with a concise task-based introduction to the Windows PowerShell scripting language and environment, make it the perfect look-up guide when you encounter a thorny problem, or need a quick solution. The ideal companion to any tutorial or reference, this book meets the needs of system administrators at any level.
Microsoft has revolutionized the world of system management and command-line shells with its release of Windows PowerShell, and Lee Holmes gives you practical tools and inside advice that will make you a more productive user and administrator. You will be able to solve everything from automating routine tasks, working with files, event logs and other forms of structured data, to managing the users and resources of complex Windows networks. Each recipe includes a focused piece of code plus discussion of how and why it works, so that you can apply the solution to similar tasks.
You get an array of recipes covering PowerShell fundamentals, common tasks, and administrator tasks, including:
Pipelines, variables, objects, looping and flow control, strings and unstructured text, calculations and math
Simple files; structured files; Internet-enabled scripts; code reuse; lists, arrays and hashtables; user feedback; error management; environmental awareness; script signing; and more
Files and directories, registry manipulation, comparing data, event logs, process cmdlets, service cmdlets, Active Directory, enterprise computer management, and more
Those who administer Microsoft's Exchange 2007 and System Center Operations Manager (formerly MOM) will also benefit from this book, with separate chapters devoted to these servers. All Windows administrators will appreciate the appendices that include a PowerShell language quick reference, and a reference to the .NET, WMI and COM objects that PowerShell scripters will use often.
With working scripts, tutorials, and references all in one volume, Windows PowerShell Cookbook will turbocharge the productivity of any Windows administrator.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Terrific Reference
I've never read this book. It is after all a "cookbook".
What I can say is that many times I've turned to this book when I needed some clue to solve a practical problem. Somehow I've always found what I needed. I just browse the table of contents for a likely section, go there, and find something that looks like what I'm trying to do.
Contrast this with Bruce Payette's Windows PowerShell in Action. That's a great book to read through and get an in-depth understanding ... Read More
Rating: - Feel The Power Of Microsoft Scripting!!!
With 'Windows PowerShell Cookbook: for Windows, Exchange 2007, and MOM V3' learn how the old way of writing scripts for Windows is in the past and it's better that way!
PowerShell (released in 2006) is quite simply a new way of shell scripting for Windows that takes the old command way of doing things and injecting it with super steroids. By leveraging the power of .NET and giving the user a good way to use it via the command line, PowerShell is the end result. Everything that administrators ... Read More
Rating: - Wanted more on writing cmdlets, but pretty good anyway
I got this book to learn Powershell, but I'm most interested in writing Cmdlets. The first chapter is a great overview of what PowerShell can do, and the subsequent ones are what you'd expect (more detail, good examples, well chosen topics).
I really wanted more on extending Powershell, but it's more meant as a user's guide, and it does a good job at that. I liked that when he shows how to do extend Powershell, he does it with csc instead of visual studio -- to show that you can easily do it ... Read More
Rating: - Good powershell resource - not good for Exchange 2007 or MOM
Windows PowerShell Cookbook: for Windows, Exchange 2007, and MOM V3
I bought this book for two reasons. 1) to get up to speed on powershell and various use cases. 2) to get up to speed on powershell with respect to Exchange specific tasks and MOM specific tasks.
With respect to #1, it is an adequate book and I would give it 4 stars. With respect to #2, it is a dismal failure and I would be generous by giving it two stars. There are roughly 5 pages on both Exchange and MOM. You ... Read More
Rating: - It's an excellent technical survey programmers will relish.
Lee Holmes' WINDOWS POWERSHELL COOKBOOK comes from a Powershell team developer who provides hundreds of tested recipes to get Microsoft's new tool working. Over 150 recipes combine with an introduction to the Windows PowerShell scripting language to make for an excellent 'cookbook' packed with code and discussions of how and why it works. It's an excellent technical survey programmers will relish.
- Terrific Reference
- Wanted more on writing cmdlets, but pretty good anyway
- Good powershell resource - not good for Exchange 2007 or MOM
