M

Makecert.exe

creating self-signed certificates, 44

Make-Shell cmdlet, 28

Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI (italic), 264

mappings

listing for drives, 6

Mastering Regular Expressions (italic), 161

-match operator, 141

Math

memory unit designations, 302

Math class

.NET Framework, 122

Measure-Command cmdlet, 414

Measure-Object cmdlet, 415, 416

Meggitt, Ashley

Windows Management Instrumentation (italic), 264

memory unit designations, 302

methods

.NET Framework, 54

objects, 102, 103, 104, 105

versus properties, 56

Microsoft .NET Framework

. See .NET Framework, 53

Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), 54

Microsoft Management Console (MMC), 75

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe and SharePoint services providers, 7

Microsoft Windows

GUI (graphical user interface), 3

MMC (Microsoft Management Console), 75

modularization, 211

cmdlet snapins, 225, 226

filters, 222

versus functions, 223, 224, 225

functions, 214, 215

input arguments, 215, 216

phases, 220, 221, 222

piping output, 218, 219, 220

returning values, 217, 218

script blocks, 211, 213

tricks, 226, 227

type extensions, 334

modules, 211

More command, 27

Move-Item cmdlet, 417

Move-ItemProperty cmdlet, 418

MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language), 54

multiple shells, 28