PowerShell, IT Pro Solutions

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William R Stanek, William Stanek, Jr

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Stanek & Associates
12 January 2021

Operating systems; Microsoft Windows; Linux; Windows programming; Macintosh programming

Series: It Pro Solutions

This sturdy hardcover edition is perfect as a professional reference whether for home, office or collegiate use. Covers all release versions of PowerShell. Practical and precise, this hands-on guide with ready answers is designed for IT professionals working with Microsoft products, whether for on-premises, hybrid or cloud support. Inside, you'll find expert insights, tips, tricks and workarounds that will show you how to make the most of PowerShell in the shortest amount of time possible. During the course of reading this book, you will master a number of complex topics, techniques, commands and functions.

This book focuses on core PowerShell functionality:

Passing startup parameters and initializing the environment

Creating and using scripts for everyday tasks

Parsing values, output streams and formatting output

Creating and using profiles, aliases and other shortcuts

Using snap-ins, providers, and modules

Enabling remoting, executing remote commands and establishing sessions

Creating background jobs and scheduling them to run automatically

Using expressions and operators

Working with variables, arrays, strings and other PowerShell structures

Creating aliases and functions

Understanding object types, methods and properties

Creating and using objects

Using transcripts to record activities at the prompt

Executing blocks of commands as transactions

Performing conditional execution with If statements

Checking for multiple conditions with switch

Controlling the flow of execution using loops

PowerShell: IT Pro Solutions can be used with the companion book, PowerShell for Administration.

About the Authors

William Stanek Sr. was Microsoft Press's top technical author for 20 years, and is widely recognized as a leading authority in Microsoft technologies. His more than 250 published works have been read by over 20 million people, translated into 50 languages, and are available in more than 100 countries.

William Stanek Jr. began his tech career as an intern at Stanek & Associates in 2007 and worked as a development and engineering lead for the company for many years. As a technologist, Will provided support, technical review, and made other contributions to a myriad of books written by William Stanek Sr. between 2010 and 2015. Since 2015 Will's direct written contributions to over a dozen books earned him cover credits as a contributor.

By: William R Stanek, William Stanek, Jr
Imprint: Stanek & Associates
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 807g
ISBN: 9781666000672
ISBN 10: 1666000671
Series: It Pro Solutions
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 12 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Stanek is the international bestselling author of over 200 books for Microsoft, Macmillan, Pearson Education and other leading publishers. Over the years, his practical advice has helped millions of programmers, developers, and network engineers all over the world. Dubbed 'A Face Behind the Future' in 1996 by The Olympian, William's been helping to shape the future of the written word for over two decades. William's 250th book was recently published. William Stanek Jr. is an IT Admin & Engineer, working for a Seattle-based company. He has contributed to dozens of technical books, including PowerShell for Administration (IT Pro Solutions).