Introduction to Windows PowerShell

DANIEL HIBBERTPRIMER FIELD ENGINEERDAHIBBER@MICROSOFT.COM DMVMUG User Conference 2013 – Reston, VA

Agenda•What is PowerShell?• PowerShell History• Put PowerShell to work for you•Questions?

What is PowerShell?•Windows PowerShell® is a task-based command-line

shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell helps IT professionals and power users control and automate the administration of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows.

PowerShell Nomenclature• Cmdlet: • cmdlets are the core of the PowerShell experience. Cmdlets are lightweight

commands used in PowerShell to perform an action. • Snap-in: • A PowerShell snap-in provides a mechanism for registering sets of cmdlets

and another Windows PowerShell provider to the shell, in order to extend the functionality of that shell.

• Module:

Nomenclature cont.•CMDLET:• Cmdlets use a verb noun naming standard. This makes it easy to

find the correct cmdlet for the job.

<Verb>-<Noun>Get-Content: Read data from a text file

Set-Content: Write data to text file

PowerShell History• PowerShell 1.0 (previously known as Monad / MSH) released

in January of 2007.• 100+ cmdlets, introduced PowerShell scripting language• Access to WMI objects on local and remote Windows computers

• PowerShell 2.0 released in August 2009• 200+ cmdlets• Integrated with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2• PowerShell remoting (implicit and explicit)• Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) introduced

PowerShell 3.0• Released in the summer of 2012• 260 Core cmdlets (2300 total available across 239 modules)• Update Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) with Intellisence• Persistent user-manager remote session• Windows Server 2012 PowerShell Web Access

Put PowerShell to Work For You

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