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Essential PowerShell (Addison-Wesley, 2008)

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Content

Part I: Getting Started with PowerShell

1: First Steps with Windows PowerShell 3

2: Commandlets  25

3: Pipelining  43

4: Advanced Pipelining  59

5: The PowerShell Navigation Model 81

6: The PowerShell Script Language  89

7: PowerShell Scripts  115

8: Using Class Libraries  129

9: PowerShell Tools  151

10: Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting  171

Part II: Windows PowerShell in Action 

11: File Systems  205

12: Documents  235

13: Registry and Software  253

14: Processes and Services  267

15: Computers and Hardware  281

16: Networking  295

17: Directory Services  313

18: User and Group Management in the Active Directory  335

19: Searching in the Active Directory  349

20: Additional Libraries for Active Directory Administration  361

21: Databases  373

22: Advanced Database Operations  389

23: Security Settings  401

24: Advanced Security Administration  413

PartIII: Appendices

Appendix A: PowerShell Commandlet Reference  429

Appendix B: PowerShell 2.0 Preview   445

Appendix C: Bibliography  449

Index 453