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  • Copyright 2007
  • Edition: 1st
  • Book
  • ISBN-10: 0-672-32953-0
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32953-1

A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0672329883 ISBN-13: 9780672329883

PowerShell is one of the most exciting new products to come out of Microsoft in a long time. It is both a new scripting language and a command-line shell. People who have seen the demos have been extremely impressed by the power it brings to admins to automate and customize their regular tasks. PowerShell will be used as the basis for all Windows administrative scripting in the future, starting with Exchange 2007 and Vista. IT Pros have been hungering for whatever PowerShell information they can get their hands on.

This book first focuses on PowerShell basics, how it relates to existing Windows scripting practices, and how your existing knowledge can be translated into PowerShell knowledge. After gaining insight into PowerShell, you are presented with transferable PowerShell scripting examples. The goal of presenting these examples is to outline methods of using PowerShell to manage Windows Server, Active Directory, and Exchange Server 2007 that have not been explained or touched upon by other sources.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO…
  • Understand PowerShell's basics and background
  • Script using PowerShell
  • Transfer existing Windows scripting skills to PowerShell
  • Analyze how PowerShell can be used to solve real-world problems
  • Manage the Windows File System, the Windows registry, Active Directory, and Exchange using PowerShell
  • Manage Systems using WMI and PowerShell
  • Customize PowerShell to meet your needs
  • Script using best practices.
  • Digitally sign your PowerShell scripts

Introduction

Part I Introduction to PowerShell

1 Introduction to Shells and PowerShell

2 PowerShell Basics

3 PowerShell: A More In-Depth Look

4 Code Signing

5 PowerShell Scripting Best Practices

Part II Translating Your Existing Knowledge into PowerShell

6 PowerShell and the File System

7 PowerShell and the Registry

8 PowerShell and WMI

9 PowerShell and Active Directory

Part III Using PowerShell to Meet Your Automation Needs

10 Using PowerShell in the Real-World

Index

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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Part I Introduction to PowerShell

1 Introduction to Shells and PowerShell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 PowerShell Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3 PowerShell: A More In-Depth Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

4 Code Signing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

5 PowerShell Scripting Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Part II Translating Your Existing Knowledge into PowerShell

6 PowerShell and the File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

7 PowerShell and the Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

8 PowerShell and WMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

9 PowerShell and Active Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Part III Using PowerShell to Meet Your Automation Needs

10 Using PowerShell in the Real-World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

11 Using PowerShell to Manage Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

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PrintNumber ErrorLocation Error Correction DateAdded
1 pii First Printing: First Printing: May 2007 4/4/2008
1 piii 10 Using PowerShell in the Real World 10 Using PowerShell in the Real-World 4/4/2008
1 piv Get-Help 35
Get-Command 38
should be in mono 4/4/2008
1 pv Method Three: The Throw Keyword Throw should be in mono 4/4/2008
1 pvi Running head: Microsoft PowerShell Unleashed

Terms should be in mono.
Use the WhatIf and Confirm Parameters

Never Set Execution Policies to Unrestricted

Setting Permissions with SubInACL
Windows PowerShell Unleashed

WhatIf, Confirm, Unrestricted, SubINACL
4/4/2008
1 pviii Running head: Microsoft PowerShell Unleashed

The Exchange ManagementShell (EMS)‚
Windows PowerShell Unleashed

The Exchange Management Shell (EMS)‚
4/4/2008
1 p1 When I first started working on the PowerShell Unleashed book, I happened to be reading a book on public key infrastructure (PKI). When I first started working on the Windows PowerShell Unleashed book, I happened to be reading a book on public key infrastructure (PKI). 4/4/2008
1 p2 running head: Microsoft PowerShell Unleashed Windows PowerShell Unleashed 4/4/2008
1 p3 running head: Introduction Should NOT be bold 4/4/2008
1 p9 However, now that you have only directories listed, the other information like date, permissions, sized, etc. is superfluous because only the directory names are needed. However, now that you have only directories listed, the other information like date, permissions, size, etc. is superfluous because only the directory names are needed. 4/4/2008
1 p11 Extra space between sentences: With a few additions, you could get something more useful considering you want to know the names of all directories using more than a certain amount of disk space. To achieve this requirement, modify the directory.sh script file as shown in this next example. With a few additions, you could get something more useful considering you want to know the names of all directories using more than a certain amount of disk space. To achieve this requirement, modify the directory.sh script file as shown in this next example. 4/4/2008
1 p20 Then download the PowerShell installation package by clicking the appropriate download link. Next, start the

extra space near “Next”
Then download the PowerShell installation package by clicking the appropriate download link. Next, start the 4/7/2008
1 p31 If the value of Command is a string, Command must be the last parameter
in the command , because any characters typed after the command are
interpreted as the command arguments.

extra space between command and comma
If the value of Command is a string, Command must be the last parameter
in the command, because any characters typed after the command are
interpreted as the command arguments.
4/7/2008
1 p38 Non-Terminating Errors Identifies noncritical errors that might occur while the cmdlet is running but don’t cause the cmdlet to terminate its operation.

no period at the end
Non-Terminating Errors Identifies noncritical errors that might occur while the cmdlet is running but don’t cause the cmdlet to terminate its operation 4/7/2008
1 pp44-45 Move Note on 44 to after Table 2.4 on p45 fixed 4/7/2008
1 p51 If a explicit scope indicator isn’t used, a variable resides in the current scope for which it’s defined. If an explicit scope indicator isn’t used, a variable resides in the current scope for which it’s defined. 4/7/2008
1 p59 However, PowerShell and its use of objects fill the automation need Windows administrators have had since the days of batch scripting and WSH in a more usable and less parsing intense manner. However, PowerShell and its use of objects fill the automation need Windows administrators have had since the days of batch scripting and WSH in a more usable and less parsing-intense manner. 4/7/2008
1 p64 To retrieve this information, run the Get-Member cmdlet against a variable containing the mystery objects, as shown in this example. To retrieve this information, run the Get-Member cmdlet against a variable containing the mystery objects, as shown in this example: 4/7/2008
1 p65 To use these attributes the first step is to filter the information returned from DirectorySearcher by using the Filter property, which takes a filter statement similar to what you’d find in a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) statement: To use these attributes, the first step is to filter the information returned from DirectorySearcher by using the Filter property, which takes a filter statement similar to what you’d find in a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) statement: 4/7/2008
1 p69 The same is true for static classes, however, when attempting to use the Get-Member cmdlet in the same manner as before creates the following error: The same is true for static classes; however, attempting to use the Get-Member cmdlet in the same manner as before creates the following error: 4/7/2008
1 p71 NOTE: Sometimes PSObject blocks members, methods, and properties from the original object. Sometimes the PSObject blocks members, methods, and properties from the original object. 4/7/2008
1 p96 3. Locate the makecert utility on your system. The default location is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin. 3. Locate the makecert utility on your system. The default location is %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.0.xxxx. 9/25/2007
1 p96 Black box of code at bottom of page: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin>makecert -r -pe-n “CN= .... %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.0.xxxx>makecert -r -pe-n “CN= ..... 9/27/2007
1 p119 While the full source code for these scripts is presented in the remaining chapters, the source code has also been provided on the PowerShell Unleashed Reference Web site which allows you to examine the scripts in usable format. While the full source code for these scripts is presented in the remaining chapters, the source code has also been provided on the PowerShell Unleashed Reference Web site, which allows you to examine the scripts in usable format. 4/7/2008
1 p136 ProvisionWebFolder.wsf is a VBScript based

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