The slide deck from an introductory presentation I gave to the Fort Wayne chapter of PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server).

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Presented to fwPASS on 10/23/2013

2. * About PowerShell
* IDE
* Syntax
* Basics
* Demos
* 3rd Party utilities
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3. * From wikipedia:
* Windows PowerShell is Microsoft's task
automation framework, consisting of a
command-line shell and associated scripting
language built on top of, and integrated with
the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full
access to COM and WMI, enabling
administrators to perform administrative tasks
on both local and remote Windows systems.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell

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7. * Numbers, Literals
* Variables
* Automatic Variables
* Operators – Math
* Operators – Assignment
* Operators - Comparison
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9. * Data – read/write
* FTP
* File Handling
* 3rd Party tools - PowerGUI
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10. * Quest PowerGUI - Script Editor
http://powergui.org
* JAMS - Scheduling engine
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11. * Hyper-V
* SharePoint
* Active Directory
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12. * http://www.slideshare.net/dalelane/an-
introduction-to-windows-powershell
* http://www.slideshare.net/spsaturdayny/brian
-jackett-managing-sharepoint-2010-farms-with-
powershell
* http://www.slideshare.net/rsnarayanan/power
shell-tech-ed2009
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13. * Microsoft Scripting Home: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
US/scriptcenter/dd742419.aspx
* TechNet Webinar about how to use PowerShell (5 Part Series):
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx?tab=Webcasts&series
id=101&webcastid=17428
* PowerShell Quick Reference Sheet:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF8ED469-9007-401C-
85E7-46649A32D0E0&displaylang=en
* Microsoft Script Repository (User and Microsoft provided scripts):
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/site/search?f[0].Type=ScriptLanguage
&f[0].Value=PowerShell&f[0].Text=PowerShell&f[1].Type=Tag&f[1].Value=PowerShell
* Microsoft Scripting Guy Blog (Good place for information about how to do things):
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/tags/windows%20powershell/gettin
g%20started/default.aspx
* PowerShell Owner’s Manual: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221100.aspx
* Converting VB Scripts to PowerShell (Reference to show the differences between the two
for people that know VBS): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221101.aspx
* Task-Based Guide of PowerShell Cmdlets: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/scriptcenter/dd772285.aspx
* Powershell.com: http://powershell.com
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14. * Links below provided courtesy of J.R. Miller,
my co-worker and fellow fwPASS’er
* http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=7097 – quick
reference card
* http://refcardz.dzone.com/refcardz/windows-
powershell DZone Refcardz - Signup required
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15. * Dean Willson
* Sr. Data Architect at Aunt Millie’s Bakeries
* fwPASS http://fwPASS.org
* deanowillson@gmail.com
* LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/deanwillson
* Twitter @deanwillson
* Tech blog http://dean-o.blogspot.com
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