PowerShell, IT Pro Solutions
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PowerShell, IT Pro Solutions
Description
This sturdy hardcover edition is perfect as a professional reference whether for home, office or collegiate use. Covers all release versions of PowerShell. Practical and precise, this hands-on guide with ready answers is designed for IT professionals working with Microsoft products, whether for on-premises, hybrid or cloud support. Inside, you'll find expert insights, tips, tricks and workarounds that will show you how to make the most of PowerShell in the shortest amount of time possible. During the course of reading this book, you will master a number of complex topics, techniques, commands and functions.
This book focuses on core PowerShell functionality:
Passing startup parameters and initializing the environment
Creating and using scripts for everyday tasks
Parsing values, output streams and formatting output
Creating and using profiles, aliases and other shortcuts
Using snap-ins, providers, and modules
Enabling remoting, executing remote commands and establishing sessions
Creating background jobs and scheduling them to run automatically
Using expressions and operators
Working with variables, arrays, strings and other PowerShell structures
Creating aliases and functions
Understanding object types, methods and properties
Creating and using objects
Using transcripts to record activities at the prompt
Executing blocks of commands as transactions
Performing conditional execution with If statements
Checking for multiple conditions with switch
Controlling the flow of execution using loops
PowerShell: IT Pro Solutions can be used with the companion book, PowerShell for Administration.
About the Authors
William Stanek Sr. was Microsoft Press's top technical author for 20 years, and is widely recognized as a leading authority in Microsoft technologies. His more than 250 published works have been read by over 20 million people, translated into 50 languages, and are available in more than 100 countries.
William Stanek Jr. began his tech career as an intern at Stanek & Associates in 2007 and worked as a development and engineering lead for the company for many years. As a technologist, Will provided support, technical review, and made other contributions to a myriad of books written by William Stanek Sr. between 2010 and 2015. Since 2015 Will's direct written contributions to over a dozen books earned him cover credits as a contributor.
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Faulty or damaged items are always covered. See Returns.
Returns
Damaged or incorrect items (within 30 days)
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- the item is unused and in its original condition and packaging;
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