This document provides a summary of a presentation on Windows PowerShell for beginners. The presentation introduces PowerShell and covers topics like learning to use PowerShell, common utilities and cmdlets, working with objects, object manipulation utilities, and PowerShell scripting. It directs attendees to additional resources for learning PowerShell and encourages them to try, deploy, use and share PowerShell.

2. Windows PowerShell for BeginnersWSV315 Jeffrey Snover Distinguished Engineer/Lead Architect for Windows Server Mir Rosenberg Senior Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

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6. Agenda Introduce Windows PowerShell Learning to learn PowerShell Drill into utility cmdlets Word from PowerShellCommunity.org Q&A! Have some FUN!

7. Windows PowerShell Command line and scripting language As interactive and composable as BASH/KSH As programmatic as Perl/Python/Ruby As productionorientedas AS400 CL/VMS DCL

8. Common Engineering Criteria70+ active internal partners LyncServer • SharePoint Server • Service Manager • Windows Small Business Server • Exchange Server • Windows Diagnostics • Server Manager • SQL Server • Active Directory • Failover Clustering • System Center Operations Manager • Windows Backup • Server Migration • System Center Virtual Machine Manager • Best Practices Analyzer • Active Directory Rights Management Services • Internet Information Services • Background Intelligent Transfer Service• System Center Data Protection Manager • Network Load Balancing • Remote Desktop Services • Group Policy • WS-Management • AppLocker • WMI

9. Who’s using Windows PowerShell 2.0?

10. Productivity

11. Short Introduction Jeffrey Snover Distinguished Engineer / Lead Architect Windows Server demo

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13. Objects “An object is a collection of parts and how to use them” How to use Methods How to use Parts Parts Properties Pedal Front Wheel Steer Left Back Wheel Steer Right Pedals Apply Front Brake Saddle Apply Rear Brake Frame

14. Objects How to use Methods Parts Properties Stop() DisplayName Start() Status Pause() RequiredServices Windows Service

15. The Difference is OBJECTS! Get-Process | Where { $_.handles –gt 500 } | Sort handles | Format-Table Common Windows PowerShell Parser Get-ProcessCmdlet Sort Cmdlet FormatCmdlet Where Cmdlet Windows PowerShell Pipeline Processor

16. Working With Objects Mir Rosenberg Senior Program Manager Windows Server demo

17. Learn and Leverage In-box documents PowerShell_ISE Help Getting Started User’s Guide About Help Cmdlet Help Provider Help Discovery utilities Books Community Practice ad hoc development

18. Utilities - Discovery

19. Discovery Utilities Mir Rosenberg Senior Program Manager Windows Server demo

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21. Utilities – Object Manipulation

22. Object Manipulation Utilities Jeffrey Snover Distinguished Engineer / Lead Architect Windows Server demo

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24. PowerShell Script Explorer and Visual Search Mir Rosenberg Senior Program Manager Windows Server demo

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27. Summary / Call to Action Available at: www.microsoft.com/downloads Search for PowerShell Try it, Deploy it, Use it, Share it! Focus on learning to learn Automate and Prosper!

28. Windows PowerShell Community Resources Team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell PowerShell Community: http://www.powershellcommunity.org PowerShell Forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverpowershell/threads Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/PowerShell Wiki: http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.WindowsPowerShellWiki Script Center: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx CodePlex: http://codeplex.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=powershell Some good books PowerShell in Action, 2nd Edition by Bruce Payette http://www.manning.com/payette2 Windows PowerShell Cookbook, 2nd Edition by Lee Holmes http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801519/ PowerShell Comics! http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/comics/b/weblog/archive/2011/04/20/climbing-mt-powershell-comic-book-first-pages.aspx

29. Q&A

30. Related Content Required Slide Speakers, please list the Breakout Sessions, Interactive Discussions, Labs, Demo Stations and Certification Exam that relate to your session. Also indicate when they can find you staffing in the TLC. Breakout Sessions WSV406 | Advanced Automation Using Windows PowerShell 2.0 WSV316 | WS08R2: Tips on Automating the Breadth of Your IT Environment WCL321 | Windows PowerShell Remoting: Definitely NOT Just for Servers WSV322 | Managing the Registry with Windows PowerShell 2.0 WSV471-INT | Build Reusable Tools in Windows PowerShell WSV473-INT | Windows PowerShell 3.0: Why Wait? Get Next-Generation PowerShell… EXL321 | Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Administering Lync Server Deployment Hands-on Labs WSV276-HOL Introduction to Windows PowerShell Fundamentals WSV371-HOL Advanced Windows PowerShell Scripting WSV378-HOL Server Management and Windows PowerShell V2 Product Demo Stations WSV 1 – Windows PowerShell and Server Management

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