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    Instant Windows PowerShell Guide
    Instant Windows PowerShell Guide
    Instant Windows PowerShell Guide
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    Instant Windows PowerShell Guide

    By Harshul Patel

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    Enhance your knowledge of Windows PowerShell and get to grips with its latest features
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
    ISBN9781849686792
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      Instant Windows PowerShell Guide - Harshul Patel

      Table of Contents

      Instant Windows PowerShell Guide

      Credits

      About the Author

      About the Reviewers

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      Preface

      What this book covers

      What you need for this book

      Who this book is for

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Customer support

      Errata

      Piracy

      Questions

      1. Instant Windows PowerShell Guide

      Windows PowerShell – prerequisites

      Requirements for Windows Management Framework 3.0and Windows Management Framework 4.0

      Package contents

      Live with help (Simple)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      How you discover the commands

      Ask for help

      The ShowWindow parameter

      Calculate with the console (Simple)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Dealing with PSDrive (Simple)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Get-Credential

      Select-Object

      Import-Csv

      Dealing with JSON-formatted objects

      Windows PowerShell custom object enhancements

      Administer the system (Intermediate)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      Rename-Computer

      Operating the control panel from the console

      Test-Connection

      Test-NetConnection

      How to import modules to the console (Simple)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works…

      There's more…

      LogPipelineExecutionDetails

      Get-Module

      Typing enhancements (Intermediate)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Working with the various parameters of Get-Command (Intermediate)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Getting the Configuration type CMDLETs

      Setting default parameter values (Intermediate)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      PipelineVariable – a new common parameter

      Collection filtering using method syntax

      Alias the aliases (Simple)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Get-Alias

      Import-Alias

      Get-Acl

      Operate the data (Intermediate)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Get-Content

      Tee-Object

      Working with the Out-GridView CMDLET (Intermediate)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Export-Csv

      Add-Member

      Get-Process

      Get-FileHash

      Session scheme (Intermediate)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Get-PSSession

      New-PSTransportOption

      Working remotely (Advanced)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Remoting local variable via $Using

      WorkFlow sessions (Advanced)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      New-PSWorkflowSession

      New-PSWorkflowExecutionOption

      There's more…

      Invoke-AsWorkflow

      Common parameters of WorkFlow

      Workflow features introduced in PowerShell 4.0

      Script it (Advanced)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Get-IseSnippet

      Import-IseSnippet

      Show-Command

      Unblock-File

      Restart-Computer

      WMI versus CIM (Advanced)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Job scheduling (Intermediate)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Few changes in Windows PowerShell 4.0

      There's more…

      Understanding Desired State Configuration (Advanced)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How to define the Configuration block

      How it works...

      Executing Desired State Configuration (Advanced)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more…

      Exploring various configuration providers (Advanced)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      Archive resources

      Group resources

      Package resources

      Registry resources

      Script resources

      Service resources

      User resources

      There's more…

      Requirements for creating a custom DSC resource

      Instant Windows PowerShell Guide

      Instant Windows PowerShell Guide

      Copyright © 2013 Packt Publishing

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews.

      Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.

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      First published: November 2013

      Production Reference: 1211113

      Published by Packt Publishing Ltd.

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      ISBN 978-1-84968-678-5

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      Credits

      Author

      Harshul Patel

      Reviewers

      Aman Dhally

      Manoj Mahalingam S

      Acquisition Editor

      James Jones

      Commissioning Editor

      Manasi Pandire

      Technical Editors

      Vivek Pillai

      Pankaj Kadam

      Copy Editors

      Tanvi Gaitonde

      Gladson Monteiro

      Project Coordinator

      Akash Poojary

      Proofreader

      Linda Morris

      Production Coordinator

      Arvindkumar Gupta

      Cover Work

      Arvindkumar Gupta

      Cover Image

      Sheetal Aute

      About the Author

      Harshul Patel is a technology enthusiast from India; he is thoroughly knowledgeable in virtualization and cloud computing techniques. He works for a leading service-based organization that has an alliance relationship with vendors such as Citrix and Microsoft. Harshul holds multiple Microsoft certifications, including Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (Private Cloud). Additionally, he holds non-Microsoft certifications, such as Citrix Certified Administrator (XenApp 6.5, XenDesktop 5.6, and XenServer 6.0) and Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator (XenApp 6.5).

      He is one of the early adopters of Windows PowerShell from India. He frequently lectures on Windows PowerShell in user-group gatherings and delivers trainings (mostly on PowerShell) across the organization. He is also a proud recipient of multiple faculty awards and an innovation award from his employer. He is a core member of PowerShell Bangalore User Group (http://powershellgroup.org/bangalore.india) and a member of New Delhi PowerShell User Group (http://powershellgroup.org/NewDelhi). He can be contacted at harshulpatel.com.

      I would like to thank all who have encouraged me all the time and made me feel that I have the potential to do whatever I want. I am very thankful to my family members and especially to my uncle, Nikul Patel, for helping all the way to get things done.

      I would like to thank Seerat Jangda for her flawless support in proofreading this book and

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