Previous ed.: 2010

pt. I Tour -- pt. II Fundamentals -- 1. The Windows PowerShell Interactive Shell -- 2. Pipelines -- 3. Variables and Objects -- 4. Looping and Flow Control -- 5. Strings and Unstructured Text -- 6. Calculations and Math -- 7. Lists, Arrays, and Hashtables -- 8. Utility Tasks -- pt. III Common Tasks -- 9. Simple Files -- 10. Structured Files -- 11. Code Reuse -- 12. Internet-Enabled Scripts -- 13. User Interaction -- 14. Debugging -- 15. Tracing and Error Management -- 16. Environmental Awareness -- 17. Extend the Reach of Windows PowerShell -- 18. Security and Script Signing -- 19. Integrated Scripting Environment -- pt. IV Administrator Tasks -- 20. Files and Directories -- 21. The Windows Registry -- 22. Comparing Data -- 23. Event Logs -- 24. Processes -- 25. System Serives -- 26. Active Directory -- 27. Enterprise Computer Management -- 28. Windows Management Instrumentation -- 29. Remoting -- 30. Workflows -- 31. Transactions -- 32. Event Handling -- pt. V References -- A. PowerShell Language and Environment -- B. Regular Expression Reference -- C. XPath Quick Reference -- D. .NET String Formatting -- E. .NET DateTime Formatting -- F. Selected .NET Classes and Their Uses -- G. WMI Reference -- H. Selected COM Objects and Their Uses -- I. Selected Events and Their Uses -- J. Standard PowerShell Verbs