C

Cache Results property, 183t

cd command, 1–2

certificate drive

changing, 68

identifying, 67

certificate provider, 48–52, 67–68

certificates, listing of, 48–52, 52

Certificates Microsoft Management Console (MMC), 52, 52

Chase Referrals property, 183t

CMD (command) shell

advantages of PowerShell over, 1–2, 3, 5, 7, 16

environment variables, viewing, 53, 53

cmdlets.

See also specific cmdlets

confirming execution of, 8–9

controlling execution of, 7–11

dotted notation, 29, 31

for Exchange Server, 199–200

exercises, 16–18, 40–41

finding, with Get-Command, 27–31

help on, 13

naming convention, 3

overview, 3

prototyping of, 7–8

return, as object, 21, 31, 38

suspending execution of, 9–11

syntax, 13, 13t

Tab Completion of name, 21

code

adding intelligence to, 92–93

looping through. See looping through code

color coding

color constants, 86t

of processes list, 86–87

of service status, 87–88

 ColorCodedServiceStatus.ps1 script, 87–88

 ColorCodeProcessOutput.ps1 script, 86–87

Column Names Only property, 183t

command line utilities.

See also cmdlets

exercises, 16–17

overview, 5

running multiple commands, 5–7

running single commands, 5

commandlets. See cmdlets

common WMI classes, 103

comparison operators, 89, 90t

computer accounts

creating, 155–156

user account controls, 156, 157t

-confirm argument, 8–9, 13t

connectServer method, 104–105

Console configuration file, exporting, 12

constants, 84–85, 94–96

consumers, in WMI model, 98

ConvertTo-SecureString cmdlet, 202

copying, by highlighting, 50, 50–51

core WMI classes, 103

 CountDownTimer.ps1 script, 89–90

 CountInstalledApplicationsTimed.ps1 script, 136–138

country codes, 160, 161t

country fields, updating of, 161

CPU information, retrieving, 92–93

 Create2000Users.ps1 script, 197

 CreateComputer.ps1 script, 155–156

 CreateGroup.ps1 script, 155

 CreateMultipleFolders.ps1 script, 94–95

 CreateMultipleUsers.ps1 script, 165, 193–195

 CreateMultipleUsersandMailboxes.ps1 script, 204

 CreateOU.ps1 script, 146, 147

 CreateOUwithErrorHandler.ps1 script, 152–153

 CreateShortCutToPowerShell.vbs script, 11–12, 79

 CreateUser.ps1 script, 154–155

credentials, alternative, for ADO, 180–183, 180t

curly brackets ({}), blocking character, 87

currently running processes, listing, 74