about the technology

PowerShell has permanently changed Windows administration. This powerful scripting and automation tool allows you to control virtually every aspect of Windows and most Microsoft servers like IIS and SQL Server.

about the book

PowerShell Deep Dives is a trove of essential techniques and practical guidance. It is rich with insights from experts who won them through years of experience. The book's 28 chapters, grouped in four parts (Administration, Scripting, Development, and Platforms), were hand-picked by four section editors: Jeffery Hicks, Richard Siddaway, Oisín Grehan, and Aleksandar Nikolić.

Whether you're just getting started with PowerShell or you already use it daily, you'll find yourself returning to this book over and over.

what's inside

• Managing systems through a keyhole
• The Ten Commandments of PowerShell scripting
• Scalable scripting for large datasets
• Adding automatic remoting
• Provisioning web servers and websites automatically to IIS 8
• And 23 more fantastic chapters

about the authors

Editors Jeffery Hicks, Richard Siddaway, Oisín Grehan, and Aleksandar Nikolić are joined by PowerShell experts Chris Bellée, Bartek Bielawski, Robert C. Cain, Jim Christopher, Adam Driscoll, Josh Gavant, Jason Helmick, Don Jones, Ashley McGlone, Jonathan Medd, Ben Miller, James O'Neill, Arnaud Petitjean, Vadims Podans, Karl Prosser, Boe Prox, Matthew Reynolds, Mike Robbins, Donabel Santos, Will Steele, Trevor Sullivan, and Jeff Wouters.

About Save the Children

SAVE THE CHILDREN works around the world and in the U.S. to make sure all girls and boys have a brighter future. The charity serves impoverished, marginalized and vulnerable children and families in 120 countries.