What this book covers

Windows PowerShell – prerequisites elaborates the need to learn Windows PowerShell as a scripting language with relevant requirements.

Live with help (Simple) describes enhancements done with the latest help system and discovery techniques. Moreover, it suggests ways to update and save help files.

Calculate with the console (Simple) covers new methods and properties introduced in v3.0 with various default objects such as string and integer. It focuses on calculating functionality of the PowerShell console especially with byte units.

Dealing with PSDrive (Simple) describes extensive support of PSDrive with v3.0. It also covers JSON-formatted objects and PSCustomObject types, introduced in v3.0

Administer the system (Intermediate) focuses on a few CMDLETs and parameters which are useful for system administration.

How to import modules to the console (Simple) lets you know how to import modules in the console. It covers module autoloading and logging as key features of v3.0.

Typing enhancements (Intermediate) elaborates typing enhancements with respect to the Where and ForEach objects.

Working with various parameters of Get-Command (Intermediate) elaborates about the parameters of Get-Command in different versions of PowerShell.

Setting default parameter values (Intermediate) describes how to set the default parameter values.

Alias the aliases (Simple) covers various parameters introduced for the Get-Acl and Get-ChildItem CMDLETs.

Operate the data (Intermediate) describes the In and NotIn operators. It also talks about various parameter with the Get-Content and Tee-Object CMDLETs.

Working with the Out-GridView CMDLET (Intermediate) gives details on the different parameters of the Out-GridView CMDLET.

Session scheme (Intermediate) elaborates new CMDLETs and parameters to efficiently deal with Windows PowerShell sessions.

Working remotely (Advanced) covers remoting enhancements with respect to the Invoke-Command CMDLET.

WorkFlow sessions (Advanced) deals with creating an execution sequence by using various command statements.

Script it (Advanced) describes the use of snippets to write scripts quickly and the rebooting feasibility of servers in the middle of a script execution.

WMI versus CIM (Advanced) introduces the CIM CMDLET as the CimCmdlets module. This recipe also shows how it works compared to WMI, used in previous versions.

Job scheduling (Intermediate) elaborates on a dedicated module introduced for PowerShell Job Scheduling named PSScheduledJob.

Understanding Desired State Configuration (Advanced) elaborates about a set of extensions and providers that enable declarative, repeatable deployment and configuration of data center resources. DSC enables us to define the configuration of target nodes (computers or devices) and prevent configuration inconsistencies.

Executing Desired State Configuration (Advanced) describes what needs to be done rather than covering imperative syntax and specifies how a task can be performed.

Exploring various Configuration Providers (Advanced) talks about gathering the information about various DSC resources.