Windows PowerShell 2. 0 Best Practices
Apply best practices for automating system administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and optimize your operational efficiency and results. This guide captures the field-tested tips, real-world lessons, and candid advice of practitioners across the range of business and technical scenarios and across the scripting life cycle. Discover how to:\ \ Take advantage of new features and cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0\ Plan scripting usage scenarios and define standards Deploy Windows PowerShell...
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Apply best practices for automating system administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and optimize your operational efficiency and results. This guide captures the field-tested tips, real-world lessons, and candid advice of practitioners across the range of business and technical scenarios and across the scripting life cycle. Discover how to: Take advantage of new features and cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0 Plan scripting usage scenarios and define standards Deploy Windows PowerShell 2.0 to desktops and servers Configure scripting environments Optimize remote scripting capabilities Work with Active Directory(r) and WMI Design functions and modules Optimize input and output Handle errors Document scripts Test and troubleshoot scripts Avoid scripting pitfalls The companion CD includes a fully searchable eBook and sample scripts.A Note Regarding the CD or DVDThe print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via OReilly Medias Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit OReillys web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.
Pt. I IntroductionCh. 1 Assessing the Scripting Environment 3Ch. 2 Survey of Windows PowerShell Capabilities 27Ch. 3 Survey of Active Directory Capabilities 65Ch. 4 User Management 99Pt. II PlanningCh. 5 Identifying Scripting Opportunities 133Ch. 6 Configuring the Script Environment 167Ch. 7 Avoiding Scripting Pitfalls 207Ch. 8 Tracking Scripting Opportunities 253Pt. III DesigningCh. 9 Designing Functions 293Ch. 10 Designing Help for Scripts 331Ch. 11 Planning for Modules 373Ch. 12 Handling Input and Output 407Ch. 13 Handling Errors 461Pt. IV Testing and DeployingCh. 14 Testing Scripts 499Ch. 15 Running Scripts 543Pt. V OptimizingCh. 16 Logging Results 577Ch. 17 Troubleshooting Scripts 601Appendix A 635Appendix B 647Appendix C 651Appendix D 655Appendix E 693Appendix F 697Index 699
