Windows PowerShell in Action, 3rd Edition

Book Description: Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition is the definitive guide to PowerShell, now revised to cover PowerShell 6. About the Technology In 2006, Windows PowerShell reinvented the way administrators and developers interact with Windows. Today, PowerShell is required knowledge for Windows admins and devs. This powerful, dynamic language provides command-line control of the Windows OS and most Windows servers, such as Exchange and SCCM. And because it’s a first-class .NET language, you can build amazing shel l scripts and tools without reaching for VB or C#. About the Book Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition is the definitive guide to PowerShell, now revised to cover PowerShell 6. Written by language designer Bruce Payette and MVP Richard Siddaway, this rich book offers a crystal-clear introduction to the language along with its essential everyday use cases. Beyond the basics, you’ll find detailed examples on deep topics like performance, module architecture, and parallel execution. What’s Inside The best end-to-end coverage of PowerShell available Updated with coverage of PowerShell v6 PowerShell workflows PowerShell classes Writing modules and scripts Desired State Configuration Programming APIs and pipelines About the Reader Written for intermediate-level developers and administrators. About the Authors Bruce Payette is codesigner and principal author of the Power-Shell language. Richard Siddaway is a longtime PowerShell MVP, author, speaker, and blogger. Finding and moving a file or folder on a Windows system is a trivial task. Finding and moving a thousand files every day across a network can be a full-time job. With the release of this new scripting language, Windows gains something Unix has had since the beginning: a tool to automate system management tasks. Microsoft sysadmins, developers, and power users have been asking for this for a long time. PowerShell replaces today's cobbled-together assemblies of third-party management tools with an elegant programming language and a powerful scripting shell. Windows PowerShell in Action 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 aWindows administrator's life. Because it's based on the .NET platform, PowerShell is also a powerful tool for developers and power users.