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Windows PowerShell

An introduction to scripting technologies for people with no real background knowledge

MICROSOFT SWITZERLAND 20 April 2007 Frank Koch (BERN) Developer & Platform Evangelism

Windows PowerShell | 20.04.2007

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Windows PowerShell
What can you expect from such a short work An attempt of an foreword
Objectives in drafting this book
This “Windows PowerShell” book will give you an introduction to Windows PowerShell as well as practical examples, in order to give you a quick introduction to this subject even if you have no significant previous scripting experience. The book is explicitly not aimed at professional scripters; the extensive Windows PowerShell help and the many Internet forums and additional literature are designed to give experts everything they need. However, the newbies amongst you will hopefully find everything you need in this book to enable you to think about scripting in more detail, and hopefully quickly learn to enjoy being able to operate a computer even without a mouse. The sources for this book were mainly Microsoft publications relating to Windows PowerShell. This book presents the information in a new way appropriate for its target audience, initially leaving out the theory whilst using many examples and mini practical exercises so as to hold your interest. Once you have worked through this text and decided to make Windows PowerShell a fixed part of your everyday IT, feel free to read the original documentation for Windows PowerShell, which is automatically included when you install Windows PowerShell:   First Steps with Windows PowerShell Basic Principles of Windows PowerShell

To really profit from this book you should have access to a PC where you can simultaneously practice the exercises. The only prerequisite is a PC with Windows PowerShell 1.0 installed, which is available free as of Windows XP SP2. For information on downloading and installing PowerShell see the following websites.

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