Powershell 101: The No-Nonsense Beginner’s Guide to PowerShell

Table of Contents
Preface
Disclaimer
Introduction
	What is PowerShell?
	Who is this book for?
	About this book
	About the cover image
	About the author
	About the technical editor
	Conventions used in this book
	Lab environment
Chapter 1 - Getting Started with PowerShell
	What do I need to get started with PowerShell?
	Where do I find PowerShell?
	How do I launch PowerShell?
	What version of PowerShell am I running?
	Execution Policy
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 2 - The Help System
	Discoverability
	The Three Core Cmdlets in PowerShell
	Get-Help
	Get-Command
	Updating Help
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 3 - Discovering Objects, Properties, and Methods
	Requirements
	Get-Member
	Active Directory
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 4 - One-Liners and the Pipeline
	One-Liners
	Filtering Left
	The Pipeline
	PowerShellGet
	Finding Pipeline Input - The Easy Way
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 5
	Requirements
	Format Right
	Aliases
	Providers
	Comparison Operators
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 6
	Scripting
	Looping
	Break, Continue, and Return
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 7 - Working with WMI
	WMI and CIM
	Query Remote Computers with the CIM cmdlets
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 8 - PowerShell Remoting
	One-To-One Remoting
	One-To-Many Remoting
	Windows PowerShell Sessions
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 9 - Functions
	Naming
	A Simple function
	Parameters
	Advanced Functions
	SupportsShouldProcess
	Parameter Validation
	Verbose Output
	Pipeline Input
	Error Handling
	Comment-Based Help
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Chapter 10 - Script Modules
	Dot-Sourcing Functions
	Script Modules
	Module Manifests
	Defining Public and Private Functions
	Summary
	Review
	Recommended Reading
Appendix A - The Cryptic Help Syntax
Appendix B - Other Resources