Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by Don Jones (PDF)

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SummaryLearn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for administrators. Just set aside one hour a day—lunchtime would be perfect—for a month, and you’ll be automating Windows tasks faster than you ever thought possible. You’ll start with the basics—what is PowerShell and what can you do with it. Then, you’ll move systematically through the techniques and features you’ll use to make your job easier and your day shorter. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. About the TechnologyPowerShell is both a language and an administrative shell with which you can control and automate nearly every aspect of Windows. It accepts and executes commands immediately, and you can write scripts to manage most Windows servers like Exchange, IIS, and SharePoint.About the BookThis book is a tutorial designed for busy administrators. Just set aside one hour a day for a month and you’ll learn all the practical techniques you need to make your job easier and your day shorter. This totally revised book covers new PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and later. This edition is appropriate for PowerShell version 3 and later.Experience with Windows administration is helpful. No programming experience is assumed.What’s InsideLearn PowerShell from the beginning—no experience required!Covers PowerShell 3 and later running on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008R2, and laterEach lesson should take you one hour or lessAbout the AuthorsPowershell MVPs Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks bring years as successful trainers to this concise, easy-to-follow book. Don blogs at PowerShell.com and you can find Jeff at jdhitsolutions.com/blog.Table of ContentsBefore you beginMeet PowerShellUsing the help systemRunning commandsWorking with providersThe pipeline: connecting commandsAdding commandsObjects: data by another nameThe pipeline, deeperFormatting—and why it’s done on the rightFiltering and comparisonsA practical interludeRemote control: one to one, and one to manyUsing Windows Management InstrumentationMultitasking with background jobsWorking with many objects, one at a timeSecurity alert!Variables: a place to store your stuffInput and outputSessions: remote control with less workYou call this scripting?Improving your parameterized scriptAdvanced remoting configurationUsing regular expressions to parse text filesAdditional random tips, tricks, and techniquesUsing someone else’s scriptNever the endPowerShell cheat sheet

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: About the Author Don Jones is a PowerShell MVP, speaker, and trainer. He developed the Microsoft PowerShell courseware and has taught PowerShell to more than 20,000 IT pros. Don writes the PowerShell column for TechNet Magazine and blogs about PowerShell at PowerShell.com. Ask Don your PowerShell questions at http://bit.ly/AskDon.Jeffery Hicks is a PowerShell MVP with 20 years of IT experience. Jeff works today as an independent consultant, trainer, and author. He has taught PowerShell to IT Pros all over the world. He writes the popular Prof. PowerShell column for MCPMag.com and is a weekly contributor to the Petri IT Knowledgebase. Jeff blogs frequently on PowerShell related topics at http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I’m a Windows systems engineer who used NT/Command Shell for more than a decade to do administrative tasks. I had been hearing more and more about Powershell as the years passed, but it just seemed so *different* from what I knew and was good at, which made me nervous to try. Early attempts just led to frustration, so I gave up. An experienced Powershell guy at work offered to teach us over a couple of lunch hours per week and made this book the textbook for ‘class’.I’ve read a number of “Learn X in Y lessons” books and they all seem to start out fine and quickly get into matters I don’t have interest in, or get far too deep too quickly to really gain understanding. Within the first few chapters of this book, I was “learning how to learn” Powershell. By fully explaining and exploring the robust help system from the beginning, I was quickly able to solve command line problems I was having without needing to refer back to the book. Gaining this early understanding helped make the more complex challenges easier to break down and resolve. The lab examples are also real-world relevant and resemble problems I need to solve on a regular basis. I strongly recommend following along in a Powershell window as you’re reading.

⭐I’ve read quite a few books as a system’s admin. This book by far, is probably one one of the most well-written books I’ve read when learning a new subject in Information Technology. Jones and Hicks do a great job in teaching the reader scripting in Powershell. The beginning chapters lay the foundation on understanding the help syntax in Powershell, which is essential before moving forward to advanced topics and creating your own scripts.If you are serious about learning scripting Powershell, buy Jones and Hicks’ books on Powershell. It’s money well-spent!!!

⭐This PowerShell book is fantastic. I was slightly confused after watching the MVA videos on PowerShell, hence the purchase of this book. It clearly explains some of the confusion with Piping and how to match “ByValue” and “Properties” where they don’t match. I am only 50% through this book but I would not have the understanding of the rules and structure of PowerShell if I just relied on the PS helpfiles.If you are starting out on PowerShell and new to scripting like myself, this book is a must.

⭐The abosolute must-have reference for learning Powershell. I started with no command line experience and by the end of this book, I’m the go-to script guy in my office.This book came highly recommended from the Powershell course on Microsoft Virtual Academy.

⭐The book has been fantastic. I’m up to chapter 8 and I love the way the author writes and pushes the reader to DO the scripts themselves. The added videos that the author does online is also a fantastic complement to the book. They really help for times when things may not quite make sense from just reading.

⭐Excellent reference for those who don’t know much about PowerShell. I am still reading it and recommend it to those who are tired of copying scripts and modifying them out of necessity.

⭐I learned some PowerShell and got through a migration. This book was an excellent tool when I needed it. I can tell you, this book saved me hours of headaches.

⭐This book is well written for beginners. It does an excellent job bringing someone from zero knowledge to basic competence.If you haven’t used Powershell before but want to learn, I highly recommend this book.

⭐Really enjoying reading through the book and investigating the options available within powershell. Each chapter is well thought out and provides just enough information to keep you interested and moving forward. The end of chapter labs provide a chance to test what you have learnt in each chapter. Looking forward to reading the tool making book and in depth book after this one.If you looking for powershell scripting books this might not be for you, but for a sound understanding of powershell and what it can do without scripting its excellent.

⭐There are people who are smart and those who can teach, people should not write tech to show how clever they are but to help others to learn. This Book is written by someone who knows how to teach without that person already knowing the subject.No there is no scripting in this book, but it really does teach you how to use the Powershell and is quite clear on that. There is a 2nd book that tackles the scripting elements. It is a good book if you want to make a start on Powershell.

⭐I came to PowerShell after years of scripting in either Bash or C shells. I therefore found the first couple of days work to be a little simple, However as you go through the book you are introduced to some of the deeper aspects of PowerShell.As an aside I am very impressed with what Microsoft have done with the new version of PowerShell. All the commands retain a uniform and predictable feel, unlike most of what I am used to in Unix and Unix-like operating systems which feels like they were designed by a committee which never met.

⭐too many books on this subject are written by x vbscripters and it makes it hard to understand the subject. This author approaches the subject from a different angle and writes the training book in a way that people new to scripting will understand.If you are looking for a way to expand your powershell knowledge this is the book for you

⭐I am not always getting through one chapter in a lunch break and the review labs can take a long time but I am learning a lot about Powershell and feel I really understand quite a lot. I am over halfway through now. If you are in a rush, forget it. If you want to learn Powershell in a more realistic timeframe than the title states, then this is a good buy.

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