Getting Started with PowerShell by Guy Thomas

I divided this PowerShell book into 3 sections:

• Getting Started – 12 basic techniques to assist you take those first faltering steps.
• Real life – 12 examples of PowerShell undertaking tasks on your computer.
• Syntax – A selection of 12 common punctuation and grammar constructions for your scripts. 

For your $9.25 you get an ebook and a PDF packed with 120 pages of examples and Learning points.  Here are details of the 36 topics:

Getting Started with PowerShell

1. Download the correct version of PowerShell
2. How to execute basic commands
3. Master PowerShell’s key commands
4. Get-Member command
5. Create PowerShell cmdlets
6. Use PowerShell’s built-in cmdlets
7. Aliases – Types
8. Out-file
9. Where Statement: $_.name
10. Loops
11. WMI Techniques
12. Functions – Create
13. Enable your ‘Profile’

Real Life Tasks

1. Checking the Eventlog
2. Scripting Files with get-Childitem
3. Finding text with select-String
4. Deleting Temporary Files
5. Listing Services
6. Starting a Service
7. Checking your Disk With Win32_LogicalDisk
8. PowerShell and WMI – better than Ipconfig
9. Scripting PowerShell’s – ComObject and MapNetworkDrive
10. Com – Shell Objects (‘Run’ Applications)
11. Active Directory
12. Creating an Exchange 2010 Mailcontact

Syntax Section

1. Brackets
2. Conditional Operators
3. Format Table
4. -f Format
5. Group
6. If construction
7. Out-File
8. Parameters and Switches
9. Pipeline
10. Quotation Marks
11. Speech Marks
12. WhatIf

About The Author

Guy Thomas