Product Review

Designed for anyone who wants to use Windows PowerShell to perform core administration tasks on computers running desktop and server editions of Windows. Inside Windows PowerShell for Administration, you'll find comprehensive overviews, step-by-step procedures, frequently used tasks, documented examples, and much more. One of the goals is to keep the content so concise that the book remains compact and easy to navigate while at the same time ensuring that the book is packed with as much information as possible—making it a valuable resource.

After reading this book, you’ll have a better understanding of administration using Windows PowerShell. Techniques for working at the prompt and using scripts are covered extensively. Windows PowerShell for Administration starts by teaching you how to:

Manage computers using scripts
Validate PowerShell requirements while scripting
Use conditional statements to control script execution
Use control loops to execute commands repeatedly
Record PowerShell sessions using transcripts
Manage blocks of commands

Then Windows PowerShell for Administration shows you how to:

Manage system configuration
Gather system information
Inventory and evaluate computers
Work with files, directories and drives
Configure security permissions and auditing
Configure event logging
Write custom events
Manage configuration of system services
Create and use restore points
Manage computer accounts and join computers to domains
Manage running processes and services
Monitor system performance
Resolve performance issues

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