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Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to automating administration with Windows PowerShell.

Teach yourself the fundamentals of Windows PowerShell command line interface and scripting language. Written by a leading scripting expert, this tutorial delivers self-paced labs, timesaving tips, and hands-on sample scripts for automating Windows administration-one step at a time.

Discover how to:

• Use built-in cmdlets to execute commands
• Write scripts to handle recurring tasks and configure scheduled jobs
• Use providers to access information external to the shell environment
• Configure network components using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
• Manage users, groups, and computers with Active Directory Services
• Execute scripts for administering and troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
• PLUS-Get a complete list of cmdlet commands and a guide for moving from VBScript to Windows Powershell

About the Author

Ed Wilson is a senior consultant at Microsoft Corporation and a scripting expert. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer who delivers immensely popular workshops world-wide on VBScript, WMI, and Windows PowerShell. He’s written more than a dozen books, including four on scripting, such as Microsoft VBScript Step by Step (Microsoft Press, 2006), and Microsoft Windows Scripting with WMI: Self-Paced Learning Guide (Microsoft Press, 2005). Ed holds more than 20 industry certifications, including the MCSE and CISSP.