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Active Directory

Windows management, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294

Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) VBScript, 343, 344

Add-Content cmdlet, 351

Add-History cmdlet, 352

Add-Member cmdlet, 353

Add-PSSnapin cmdlet, 354

Add-PSSnapIn cmdlet, 226

AddToGroup.ps1 listing, 290, 291

administrators

action dangers, 46, 47

Internet script download, 47, 48

Windows management

Active Directory, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294

copying files, 249, 250, 251

creating directories, 252, 253

creating text files, 248

deleting directories, 254

deleting files, 251

event logs, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278

listing directories, 253, 254

permissions, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274

processes, 278, 279, 280

reading text files, 248, 249

registry, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285

renaming files, 251, 252

services, 264, 265, 266

WMI, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264

ADO.NET

databases, 314

ADSI (Active Directory Services Interface)

VBScript, 343, 344

advanced types, 505

aliases, 9

cmdlets, 6

list of predefined, 299, 302

predefined, 9

scripting best practices, 307, 308

type extensions, 332

undefining, 9

-and operator, 125

appending output, 18

architecture

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), 72

arithmetic operators, 121, 122

precedence, 122, 123

unary operators, 125

variables, 123, 124

arrays, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97

associative, 97

creating, 98

displaying contents, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102

versus collections, 93

-as operator, 133

assemblies

.NET Framework, 55, 56

assignment operators, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130

associative arrays, 97

creating, 98

displaying content, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102

Authenticode certificates, 41

automatic variables, 85, 86, 87