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3.  Have some Fun!  Learn at least one thing new!  Make myself available to you So please …  Ask questions and enjoy!

4. Presented by: Matthew Hester IT Pro Evangelist Microsoft Corporation mhester@microsoft.com@matthewhesterhttp://blogs.technet.com/matthewms My Boss Martin Schray martin.schray@microsoft.com Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration Instant Reference

5. Rich script environment Bulk Operations Interactive Shell Task Automation Object Oriented

6.  Use PowerShell for consistent, repeatable tasks  Built-in providers  Talk to Active Directory, registry, WMI, etc. natively  Aliases  Bridge the gap for previous languages  Tab complete If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it. George Burns

7. Status Name DisplayName ------ ---- ----------- Stopped NetLogon NetLogon Running Netman Network Connections PS> get-service –name “*net*” VerbNoun Name Argument String CommandParameter Property Names Property Values CAsE InSeNsitIve!*

9.  The Pipe Operator “|”  Output from one command becomes input for the next  String together multiple commands  Parameter binding is the key  “|” routes information to the correct parameters – with very little effort

10. Get-Help Get-Help Get-Process Get-Command Example Get-Member Get-Service | Get-Member Restart-Service Restart-Service IISADMIN Get-Help Get-Help Get-Process Get-Command Example Get-Member Get-Service | Get-Member Restart-Service Restart-Service IISADMIN Format Get-Service | Format-List Sorting Get-Process | Sort-Object -Property CPU Redirecting Output Get-Service | Out-File – FilePath C:\temp\services.txt Format Get-Service | Format-List Sorting Get-Process | Sort-Object -Property CPU Redirecting Output Get-Service | Out-File – FilePath C:\temp\services.txt Productive cmdletsUtility cmdlets

11. PolicyEffects RestrictedNo scripts AllSignedAll scripts must be signed RemoteSignedLocal scripts, remote signed UnrestrictedNothing signed Default Execution Policy Is Restricted Execution Policy Can Be Modified Set-ExecutionPolicy Set-ExecutionPolicy Group Policy Group Policy Execution Policy Can Be Modified Set-ExecutionPolicy Set-ExecutionPolicy Group Policy Group Policy

12.  Introduced in v2  Utilizes WinRM (Windows Remote Management), based on WS-MAN (Web Services for Management)  A PSSession is a persistent connection  Interact with sessions 1:1

13.  Abstraction of data  Provides consistent access (resembles a file system)  Discoverability: Get-PSProvider  Write a custom provider