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  • Paperback: 584 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (23 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0596528493
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596528492
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 17.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,685 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This Cookbook by Windows PowerShell team developer Lee Holmes provides hundreds of tested scripts that you can use right away to get Microsoft's new tool working for you. More than 150 recipes, combined with a concise task-based introduction to the Windows PowerShell scripting language and environment, make it the perfect look-up guide when you encounter a thorny problem, or need a quick solution. The ideal companion to any tutorial or reference, this book meets the needs of system administrators at any level.

Microsoft has revolutionized the world of system management and command-line shells with its release of Windows PowerShell, and Lee Holmes gives you practical tools and inside advice that will make you a more productive user and administrator. You will be able to solve everything from automating routine tasks, working with files, event logs and other forms of structured data, to managing the users and resources of complex Windows networks. Each recipe includes a focused piece of code plus discussion of how and why it works, so that you can apply the solution to similar tasks.

You get an array of recipes covering PowerShell fundamentals, common tasks, and administrator tasks, including:
  • Pipelines, variables, objects, looping and flow control, strings and unstructured text, calculations and math


  • Simple files; structured files; Internet-enabled scripts; code reuse; lists, arrays and hashtables; user feedback; error management; environmental awareness; script signing; and more


  • Files and directories, registry manipulation, comparing data, event logs, process cmdlets, service cmdlets, Active Directory, enterprise computer management, and more


Those who administer Microsoft's Exchange 2007 and System Center Operations Manager (formerly MOM) will also benefit from this book, with separate chapters devoted to these servers. All Windows administrators will appreciate the appendices that include a PowerShell language quick reference, and a reference to the .NET, WMI and COM objects that PowerShell scripters will use often.

With working scripts, tutorials, and references all in one volume, Windows PowerShell Cookbook will turbocharge the productivity of any Windows administrator.

About the Author
Lee is a developer on the Microsoft Windows PowerShell team, and already spends quite a bit of his time explaining the technology to their customers through his blog (http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/). His vast experience with Windows PowerShell allows him to integrate both the "how" and the "why" into discussions. In addition, his integration with the administration community (via our newsgroups, mailing lists, and blogging community) gives him a great deal of insight into their needs. He currently resides in Washington.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Every PowerShell user needs a copy, 20 Jan 2008
By R. Siddaway (UK) - See all my reviews
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Windows PowerShell Cookbook by Lee Holmes. Published by O'Reilly ISBN0596528493

Lee Holmes is a developer on the PowerShell team and is renowned for his blog at http://leeholmes.com/blog/. This book has quotes on the back cover from both Jeffrey Snover and Bruce Payette and in one respect I'm afraid I have to disagree with both of them.

Ha - bet that's got your attention!!

The PowerShell Cookbook follows the format of other books in this series. A set of short, very well explained answers (and in this case a script) to solve a particular problem. The book comprises 26 chapters in four sections. Part I covers a quick tour of PowerShell, what it is and what it looks like plus a few fundamental concepts. Part II follows straight on covering how to use and configure your PowerShell environment, how to use the pipeline which is one of the most fundamental concepts in PowerShell and something that gives it much of its power. This section continues with various language elements including looping and flow control, variables, strings, and maths. Each of these sections is presented as a series of tasks - instant answers to the "How do I do....." questions.

Part III is where the book really kicks in with chapters covering working with files, the Internet, scripting, arrays, user interaction, tracing and error handling and security among other topics.

The last third of the book covers using PowerShell with the file system, the registry, event logs, processes and services, Active Directory, Exchange 2007 and Operations Manager 2007.

In all of these chapters a set of problems are defined and then the PowerShell script that solves the problem is listed and discussed. The problems are all real world examples of the sorts of things that users of PowerShell will find themselves needing to do. Obviously not every possible situation can be covered but the examples are such that the concepts explained in the scripts can be applied to solve other problems.

The book supplies scripting solutions to the problems - it does not assume that any of the PowerShell add ins or extensions are installed.

The last 80 pages of the book cover a set of Appendices that are absolutely invaluable. I could make a case that the book is worth buying for the appendices alone! They cover

PowerShell Language and environment - one of the best quick reference guides I've seen
Regular Expressions
PowerShell Automatic Variables
Standard PowerShell verbs - no reason not to get your scripts named correctly now
Selected .NET classes and their uses - invaluable for someone starting to branch into .NET use with PowerShell, helps to find what you need to use in the mass of information available
WMI reference
Selected COM objects and their uses
.NET string formatting - best explanation I've seen
.NET date time formatting
All in all this is a superb book and I would recommend it to anyone using PowerShell - newcomer or expert - you will find lots of useful information. The expert user will be intrigued by some of the solutions - I know I found some ahhh - thats how that works type moments as I was reading.

Buy it. Read it. Use it.

Oh you want to know my disagreement. Both of those fine gentlemen said it should be on every PowerShell users book shelf. I think it should be on your desk, open and in use. Its the sort of book you keep turning back to - "Now how do I do that again.........". There that wasn't so bad.

Superb book. And the script examples can be downloaded so you don't need to type them in.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must have book, 24 April 2008
By Dr. Stephen Culshaw (Newbury, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is an excellent book for the PowerShell coder ...
both as a source to dip in to when you need that particular way of doing something, and also as a plain read
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