Windows PowerShell 2.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

<p>William R. Stanek has over 20 years of hands-on experience with advanced programming and development. He has written nearly 100 books including: Microsoft Windows Vista Administrator's Pocket Consultant, Windows Server 2008 Inside Out, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Pocket Consultant 2nd Edition, and Microsoft IIS 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant (all from Microsoft Press). He also wrote MCSE Core Exams in a Nutshell and Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide for O'Reilly.

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Introduction; Who Is This Book For?; How Is This Book Organized?; Conventions Used in This Book; Find Additional Content Online; Support; Chapter 1: Introducing Windows PowerShell; Getting Started with Windows PowerShell; Running Windows PowerShell; Working with Cmdlets and Scripts; Chapter 2: Getting the Most from Windows PowerShell; Initializing the Environment; Understanding Command Input, Parsing, and Output; Writing and Formatting Output; Chapter 3: Managing Your Windows PowerShell Environment; Using Profiles; Navigating Windows PowerShell Extensions; Chapter 4: Using Sessions, Jobs, and Remoting; Enabling Remote Commands; Executing Remote Commands; Establishing Remote Sessions; Establishing Remote Background Jobs; Working Remotely Without WinRM; Chapter 5: Navigating Core Windows PowerShell Structures; Working with Expressions and Operators; Working with Variables and Values; Working with Strings; Working with Arrays and Collections; Chapter 6: Mastering Aliases, Functions, and Objects; Creating and Using Aliases; Creating and Using Functions; Working with Objects; Working with COM and .NET Framework Objects; Working with WMI Objects and Queries; Chapter 7: Managing Computers with Commands and Scripts; Getting More from Your Scripts and Profiles; Creating Transcripts; Creating Transactions; Common Elements in Scripts; Chapter 8: Managing Roles, Role Services, and Features; Server Manager Essentials; Checking Installed Roles, Role Services, and Features; Installing Roles, Role Services, and Features; Uninstalling Roles, Role Services, and Features; Chapter 9: Inventorying and Evaluating Windows Systems; Getting Basic System Information; Examining the System Configuration and the Working Environment; Evaluating System Hardware; Chapter 10: Managing File Systems, Security, and Auditing; Managing PowerShell Drives, Directories, and Files; Working with File Contents; Accessing Security Descriptors; Configuring File and Directory Permissions; Configuring File and Directory Auditing; Chapter 11: Managing Shares, Printers, and TCP/IP Networking; Managing Network Shares; Managing Printers; Managing TCP/IP Networking; Configuring Windows Firewall; Chapter 12: Managing and Securing the Registry; Understanding Registry Keys and Values; Navigating the Registry; Managing Registry Keys and Values; Comparing Registry Keys; Viewing and Managing Registry Security Settings; Auditing the Registry; Chapter 13: Monitoring and Optimizing Windows Systems; Managing Windows Events and Logs; Managing System Services; Managing Computers; Creating and Using System Restore Checkpoints; Chapter 14: Fine-Tuning System Performance; Managing Applications, Processes, and Performance; Performance Monitoring; Detecting and Resolving Performance Issues Through Monitoring; Appendix : About the Author;

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