Windows PowerShell Best Practices

Chapter 20. Using the Windows PowerShell ISE

• Running the Windows PowerShell ISE

• Working with Windows PowerShell ISE snippets

• Additional resources

The Windows PowerShell ISE is an integrated scripting environment. It offers superb tab completion, automatic member expansion, and the ability to incorporate script snippets to facilitate the creation of scripts. In this chapter, we will examine these features to see how they are best utilized.

Running the Windows PowerShell ISE

On Windows 8.1, the Windows PowerShell ISE appears to be a bit hidden. In fact, on Windows Server 2012 R2, it also is a bit hidden. On Windows Server 2012 R2, a Windows PowerShell shortcut automatically appears on the desktop taskbar. Pinning Windows PowerShell to the Windows 8 desktop ...