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PowerShell and WMI
By: Richard Siddaway; Foreword by Ed Wilson
Publisher: Manning Publications
Pub. Date: May 07, 2012
Print ISBN-10: 1-61729-011-4
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-61729-011-4
Pages in Print Edition: 552
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5 [2 Ratings] Subscriber Reviews
Overview
Summary
PowerShell and WMI is an example-driven guide for administrators managing networks of Windows servers and desktops. With 150 practical examples, including ready-to-reuse scripts and techniques, you'll learn the ins and outs of automating WMI via PowerShell v3. You'll find deep coverage of all aspects of Windows administration, including IIS, DNS and Hyper-V.
About the Technology
WMI, on its own, is simply a collection of Windows management facilities. Paired with PowerShell, however, WMI becomes a brilliant toolset for automating servers, networks, and remote Windows computers.
About the Book
PowerShell and WMI is an industrial-strength guide for administrators of Windows networks, servers, and desktops. You’ll start with practical overviews of PowerShell and of WMI. Then you’ll explore 150 specific examplesall with ready-to-use scriptsdesigned to simplify your day-to-day system management. Each tested technique is configured to load as part of a PowerShell module.
A set of handy appendixes includes references for PowerShell and WMI. Prior exposure to PowerShell and WMI is helpful but not required.
What’s Inside
Managing Windows, IIS, and Hyper-V
Remote desktops and devices
Logs, jobs, and performance
New PowerShell v3 WMI functionality
About the Author
Richard Siddaway is a veteran IT architect, server administrator, support engineer, and PowerShell MVP. He’s the author of PowerShell in Practice, published in 2010 by Manning.
Subscriber Reviews
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Based on 2 Ratings
"Excellent book on a rather bad technology" - by Anonymous on 10-OCT-2012
Reviewer Rating:
The book is very well written with the proper amount of examples and no dumb print screens often seen on similar topics.
However, this book has convinced me that Microsoft has (again) made the wrong thing.
The PS scripting language is a bit more concise than its predecessor (VBScript) but it has been done to the expense of friendlyness. The PS scripting is hard to read and contains special meaning characters like $ @ { } - and is suppose to be used by non developpers!!!
Overall the author has made a good job teaching the language so if you are forced to use PS instead of VBS than you will be satisfied with this book.
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