Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide

Learning More About PowerShell

PowerShell is a very rich and potentially complex product—or it can be, if you start to take into account some of the advanced options described in the previous list. There is a large amount of material available to help you learn more about PowerShell, including books, web sites/blogs, and training courses.

PowerShell-related books include:

• Bruce Payette, Windows PowerShell in Action (Manning Publications)

• Don Jones and Jeffrey Hicks, PowerShell: TFM (Sapien Press)

• PowerShell e-book (http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/9/4/a94270c7-ed16-4c72-8280-658c66315719/Windows%20Powershell%20-%20EN.zip); samples of this e-book are available at http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/9/4/a94270c7-ed16-4c72-8280-658c66315719/PowerShell-Demofiles.zip

Here are some PowerShell-related web sites and blogs:

• Windows PowerShell Team Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/default.aspx)

• The PowerShell Guy (http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/)

• Keith Hill's blog (http://keithhill.spaces.live.com/)

• Thomas Lee's Under The Stairs blog (http://tfl09.blogspot.com)

• Reskit.net (http://www.reskit.net.powershell)

• Microsoft's PowerShell Script repository (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/msh/default.mspx?mfr=true)

There are also a number of training classes to consider. First, there's the Microsoft Official Course 6434, which is due for release early in 2008. This is a three-day, hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of PowerShell for Windows Server 2008 administrators. ...