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Grasp advanced PowerShell Core 60 functionalities to automate your environmentKey FeaturesKeep up with changes introduced in PowerShell Core 60Easily maintain appropriate compatibility with older versionsAutomate complex tasks manipulate data and secure your environment with PowerShell Core 60Book DescriptionPowerShell scripts offer a handy way to automate various chores however working effectively with these scripts can be a difficult taskThis comprehensive guide starts with the fundamentals before moving on to advancedlevel topics to help you become a PowerShell Core 60 expert The first module PowerShell Core 60 Fundamentals begins with the new features of PowerShell Core 60 installing it on Linux and working with parameters objects and NET classes from within PowerShell Core 60 As you make your way through the chapters youll see how to efficiently manage large amounts of data and interact with other services using PowerShell Core 60 Youll be able to make the most of PowerShell Core 60s powerful automation feature where you will have different methods available to parse data and manipulate regular expressions and Windows Management Instrumentation WMI After having explored automation you will enter the extending PowerShell Core 60 module covering asynchronous processing and desired state configuration In the last module you will learn to extend PowerShell Core 60 using advanced scripts and filters and also debug issues along with working on error handling techniquesBy the end of this book you will be an expert in scripting with PowerShell Core 60What you will learnOptimize code through the use of functions switches and looping structuresWork with objects and operators to test and manipulate dataParse and manipulate different data typesCreate scripts and functions using PowerShellUse jobs events and popular public modules which assist with implementing multithreadingWrite NET classes with ease within the PowerShellCreate and implement regular expressions in PowerShell scriptsMake use of advanced techniques to define and restrict the behavior of parametersWho this book is forIf you are a system administrator who wants to become an expert in controlling and automating your Windows environment then Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting is for you It is also ideal for those new to the PowerShell languageTable of ContentsIntroduction to PowerShellModules and SnapinsWorking with Objects in PowerShell OperatorsVariables Arrays and HashtablesBranching and LoopingWorking with NETStrings numbers and datesRegular ExpressionsFiles Folders and the RegistryWindows Management InstrumentationHTML XML and JSONWeb requests and web servicesRemoting and remote managementAsynchronous processingScripts Functions and FiltersParameters validation and dynamic parametersClasses and enumerationsBuilding modulesTestingError handling. Lee Holmes | @. Lee_Holmes. Principal SDE |Windows PowerShell | Microsoft. About Me. Security geek. Developer on the Windows PowerShell team since V1. Author of the Windows PowerShell Cookbook, PowerShellCookbook.com, and Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference. Presented by Mark Minasi. help@minasi.com. @. mminasi. on twitter. 1. copyright 2013 Mark . Minasi; please do not redistribute, and thanks for respecting my copyrights! . Let's Be Clear About a Few Things. Steve Goodman. Senior Consultant, Ciber. OFC-B220. Welcome. Steve Goodman. Exchange Server MVP. Senior Consultant as Ciber in the UK. Writer for MSExchange.org and SearchExchange.com. Host of the UC Architects Podcast. Don Jones. Senior Partner and Principal Technologist. Concentrated Technology, LLC. WCL404. Welcome!. PowerShell is great for running commands…. …But you’ll inevitably want to make those more complex, then “wrap” them in a way that makes them easier for others to consume and re-use. Corey Hynes. President, Technical Lead. HynesITe. , Inc. Music by . DreamensionN. www.dreamension.net. Windows Eventing. Task Scheduler. WS/MAN. Network Diagnostics. Memory Diagnostics. Reliability Monitor.  Jeffrey Snover. Partner Architect. Microsoft Corporation. ES24. Deliver great management (cheaply)?. Satisfy the full range of Admins?. Automate operation of LOTS of heterogeneous stuff (including raw HW)?. Alexander Wechsler. Enterprise Architect|CEO. Microsoft Regional Director Germany|eMVP. Wechsler Consulting GMBH & Co. KG. EMB306. Disclaimer. Everything you will hear in this session is . experimental and . Session 1. March 6, 2008. A Very Brief History of Unix. Invented in late 1960s at AT&T Bell Labs. They were not allowed to sell it, so they licensed it to places like Berkeley, starting with Version 6. :. Definitely NOT Just for Servers. Don Jones. Senior Partner and Principal Technologist. Concentrated Technology, LLC. WCL321. Agenda. Why . Remoting. ?. The Many Forms of Remote Control. WinRM. / WS-MAN: The Enabling Technology. October 15. th. , 2013. e-automate 8.5 - overview. Anticipated release dates. Beta testing - December 2013. Limited availability – January 2014. General release – March 2014. Contains . 33 . total features. Agenda. Welcome & Session Introduction. What is PowerShell?. PowerShell ISE. Commands/. Cmd. -Lets. Operators. Variables. Flow Control. LAB 1 – Exploring PowerShell. PowerShell Scripting. Installing the Latest Version. — . Cody Hines: Training and Quality Data Manager, Johnson Controls. Customer:. Johnson Controls . Industry:. Manufacturing. Size:. 100,000+ employees. Country:. US. Products and services:. Microsoft Power Platform . The quick start guide for an advanced enterprise PowerShell frameworkAbout This BookIntroduces industry-proven techniques that improve script efficiency and reliabilityExample-rich guide based on real-world scenariosFacilitates building a script that can fully scan a Windows server and identify componentsWho This Book Is ForThis book is for IT professionals and Windows administrators who would like to gain intensive, hands-on knowledge and skills on PowerShell without spending hours and hours in learning. If you have been struggling to find the time to gain proficiency and confidence with PowerShell and everyday scripting tasksWhat You Will LearnCreate an advanced PowerShell scripting template that provides repeatable code to jumpstart all of your scripting projectsLearn how to securely encrypt and store usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data in PowerShell scripts and answer filesUnderstand how to optimize the performance of scripts to help process large datasets quickly and avoid time-consuming mistakesDevelop a script to scan for non-standard Windows Server configurations and identify service accounts used on Windows ServersGather a large list of data from a Windows server without locally or remotely logging in interactivelyIn DetailEnterprise PowerShell Scripting Bootcamp explains how to create your own repeatable PowerShell scripting framework. This framework contains script logging methodologies, answer file interactions, and string encryption and decryption strategies.This book focuses on evaluating individual components to identify the system\'s function, role, and unique characteristics. To do this, you will leverage built-in CMDlets and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to explore Windows services, Windows processes, Windows features, scheduled tasks, and disk statistics. You will also create custom functions to perform a deep search for specific strings in files and evaluate installed software through executable properties.We will then discuss different scripting techniques to improve the efficiency of scripts. By leveraging several small changes to your code, you can increase the execution performance by over 130.By the end of this book, you will be able to tie all of the concepts together in a PowerShell-based Windows server scanning script. This discovery script will be able to scan a Windows server to identify a multitude of components.Style and approachThis book is all about fast and intensive learning. This means, we don\'t waste time in helping readers get started. The new content is about leveraging highly-effective examples to build new things, help solving problems in newer and unseen ways, and providing an enterprise-ready platform to create PowerShell Scripts. Over 100 PowerShell recipes for working more effectively with Windows Server 2022/2019Key FeaturesDevelop a holistic understanding of Windows Server 2022/2019 with PowerShell 7.1Learn best practices for PowerShell scripting to automate common tasks and manage AD, enterprise security, WMI, Azure, and .NET 5Discover new ways to optimize your PowerShell code by working through easy-to-follow recipesBook DescriptionWith a foreword from PowerShell creator Jeffrey Snover, this heavily updated edition is designed to help you learn how to use PowerShell 7.1 effectively and manage the core roles, features, and services of Windows Server 2022/2019 in an enterprise setting. Brand new to this edition are recipes exploring the .NET Framework, enterprise server security, and managing Windows Server with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).This latest edition equips you with over 100 recipes you\'ll need in day-to-day work, covering a wide range of fundamental and more advanced use cases. We look at how to install and configure PowerShell 7.1, along with useful new features and optimizations, and how the PowerShell compatibility solution bridges the gap to older versions of PowerShell. Topics include using PowerShell to manage networking and DHCP in Windows Server, objects in Active Directory, Hyper-V, and Azure. Debugging is crucial, so the book shows you how to use some powerful tools to diagnose and resolve issues with Windows Server.What you will learnPerform key admin tasks on Windows Server 2022/2019Keep your organization secure with JEA, group policies, logs, and Windows DefenderUse the .NET Framework for administrative scriptingManage data and storage on Windows, including disks, volumes, and filesystemsCreate and configure Hyper-V VMs, implementing storage replication and checkpointsSet up virtual machines, websites, and shared files on AzureReport system performance using built-in cmdlets and WMI to obtain single measurementsApply the right tools and modules to troubleshoot and debug Windows ServerWho this book is forThis book is for systems administrators, software architects, developers, or engineers working with Windows Server 2022/2019 seeking to automate tasks more effectively with PowerShell 7.1. Basic knowledge of PowerShell is expected.Table of ContentsInstalling and Configuring PowerShell 7Introducing PowerShell 7Exploring Compatibility with Windows PowerShellUsing PowerShell 7 in the EnterpriseExploring .NETManaging Active DirectoryManaging Networking in the EnterpriseImplementing Enterprise SecurityManaging StorageManaging Shared DataManaging PrintingManaging Hyper-VManaging AzureTroubleshooting with PowerShellManaging with Windows Management Instrumentation