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Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices

Expert recommendations, pragmatically applied

Expert recommendations, pragmatically applied.
Apply best practices for scripting Windows administrative tasks - and optimize your operational efficiency and results. This guide captures the field-tested solutions, real-world lessons, and candid advice of practitioners across the range of business and technical scenarios - and across the IT life cycle. Gain expert insights on what works, where to make tradeoffs, and how to implement the best scripting solutions for your organization.

Discover how to:

• Configure and customize the scripting environment
• Get scenario-based guidance for deployment
• Evaluate scripting needs; avoid common pitfalls
• Design functions and modules that optimize code reuse and flexibility
• Choose the right input and output methods
• Use scripts to simplify working with WMI and Active Directory
• Learn best ways to handle errors, debug, and performance-test
• Manage script-execution policy, code-signing, and version control
• Write better help documentation
• Apply proven troubleshooting techniques

Companion media features:

• All the scripts referenced in the book
• Author Extras - additional problem-solving scripts you can customize
• Planning templates and tools
• Fully searchable eBook

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
   Chapter 1: Assessing the Scripting Environment
   Chapter 2: Survey of Windows PowerShell Capabilities
   Chapter 3: Survey of Active Directory Capabilities
   Chapter 4: User Management
2. Planning
   Chapter 5: Identifying Scripting Opportunities
   Chapter 6: Configuring the Script Environment
   Chapter 7: Avoiding Scripting Pitfalls
   Chapter 8: Tracking Scripting Opportunities
3. Designing
   Chapter 9: Designing Functions
   Chapter 10: Designing Help for Scripts
   Chapter 11: Planning for Modules
   Chapter 12: Handling Input and Output
   Chapter 13: Handling Errors
4. Testing and Deploying
   Chapter 14: Testing Scripts
   Chapter 15: Running ScriptsOptimizing
   Chapter 16: Logging Results
   Chapter 17: Troubleshooting Scripts

Here´s the full Table of Contents.

About the Author Ed Wilson:

Ed Wilson is a senior consultant at Microsoft Corporation and a well-known scripting expert. He is a Microsoft-certified trainer who delivers a popular Windows PowerShell workshop to Microsoft Premier customers worldwide. He has written several books on Windows scripting, including Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step by Step and Microsoft VBScript Step by Step. Ed holds more than 20 industry certifications, including Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).