S

sAMAccountName attribute, 154

Schedule Service object, in Windows Vista, 74

scheduled tasks, scripts for, 74

schtasks.exe utility, 74

script execution policy

levels, 75, 75t

retrieving, 75–76

setting, 75, 76

script support

configuring, 75–76, 75t

enabling, 75

scripts, 73–96.

See also specific scripts

constants, 84–85, 94–96

default status, 7, 75, 75

do . . . until statement, 90–92

do . . . while statement, 89–90

exercises, 94–96

ForEach-Object cmdlet, 86–88

if . . . else . . . elseif statement, 92–93

looping through code, 85–92

pausing, 89

poorly-written, impact of, 119

running inside PowerShell, 77, 78–79

running outside PowerShell, 77, 79

for statement, 88–89

switch statement, 92, 93

uses of, 73–74

variables, 80–84

WMI and, 97.

See also WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

SearchScope property, 184t

security.

See also passwords

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

overview, 7

unused shares and, 126

select case statement, 93

 SelectNameSQL.ps1script, 192

semicolon (;), separation character, 90–91

SendTo folder, shortcut to PowerShell, adding, 79

Server 2003

Active Directory query return limits, 184, 197–198

ADSI provider, 147t

default namespace, 103

sAMAccountName attribute in, 154

scheduling tasks on, 74

WMI providers, 102

server side sorting, 184t, 192t

service accounts

identification of, 133–134

logging, 134–135

service, in WMI model, 98

services

listing, 78, 113–116

status listing, color-coded, 87–88

Set-EventLogLevel cmdlet, 208

Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet, 75

SetInfo() method, 150, 154, 159, 169

Set-Location cmdlet, 46, 47, 48, 64, 68, 81

Set-MailboxServer cmdlet, 214–215

Set-Variable cmdlet, 84

 ShareNoQuery.ps1 script, 132

shares

properties, 126t

querying, 126–128, 131–133

shortcut to local computer, 104

shortcuts to PowerShell

from desktop, 11–12

from SendTo folder, 79

single quotation marks (‘), filter argument notation, 129

SizeLimit property, 184t

 SizeLimitQueryUsers.ps1 script, 184

 SmallBios.ps1 script, 120

snap-ins

definition of, 45

un-installing, 45

Sort on property, 184t

Sort-Object cmdlet, 78

SQL query syntax, 176, 192–193, 192t

SQL Server, WMI support, 97

 SQLDialectQuery.ps1 script, 192–193

Start-Sleep cmdlet, 89, 100

 StepByStep.ps1 script, 170

Stop-Process cmdlet, 8, 9, 10

storage settings, Exchange 2007, 206–207

strings, 82–84

subtree search scope, 177

switch statement, 92, 93

-syntax argument, 30