Enterprise PowerShell Scripting Bootcamp

Brenton J.W. Blawat

mai 2017 · Packt Publishing Ltd

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The quick start guide for an advanced enterprise PowerShell frameworkAbout This BookIntroduces industry-proven techniques that improve script efficiency and reliabilityExample-rich guide based on real-world scenariosFacilitates building a script that can fully scan a Windows server and identify componentsWho This Book Is For

This book is for IT professionals and Windows administrators who would like to gain intensive, hands-on knowledge and skills on PowerShell without spending hours and hours in learning. If you have been struggling to find the time to gain proficiency and confidence with PowerShell and everyday scripting tasks

What You Will LearnCreate an advanced PowerShell scripting template that provides repeatable code to jumpstart all of your scripting projectsLearn how to securely encrypt and store usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data in PowerShell scripts and answer filesUnderstand how to optimize the performance of scripts to help process large datasets quickly and avoid time-consuming mistakesDevelop a script to scan for non-standard Windows Server configurations and identify service accounts used on Windows ServersGather a large list of data from a Windows server without locally or remotely logging in interactivelyIn Detail

Enterprise PowerShell Scripting Bootcamp explains how to create your own repeatable PowerShell scripting framework. This framework contains script logging methodologies, answer file interactions, and string encryption and decryption strategies.

This book focuses on evaluating individual components to identify the system's function, role, and unique characteristics. To do this, you will leverage built-in CMDlets and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to explore Windows services, Windows processes, Windows features, scheduled tasks, and disk statistics. You will also create custom functions to perform a deep search for specific strings in files and evaluate installed software through executable properties.

We will then discuss different scripting techniques to improve the efficiency of scripts. By leveraging several small changes to your code, you can increase the execution performance by over 130%.

By the end of this book, you will be able to tie all of the concepts together in a PowerShell-based Windows server scanning script. This discovery script will be able to scan a Windows server to identify a multitude of components.

Style and approach

This book is all about fast and intensive learning. This means, we don't waste time in helping readers get started. The new content is about leveraging highly-effective examples to build new things, help solving problems in newer and unseen ways, and providing an enterprise-ready platform to create PowerShell Scripts.

Om forfatteren

J.W. Blawat Brenton : Brenton J.W. Blawat is an entrepreneur, strategic technical advisor, author, and enterprise architect, who has a passion for the procurement of technology in profit-based organizations. He is business-centric and technology-minded. Brenton has many years of experience in bridging the gap between technical staff and decision-makers in several organizations. He takes pride in his ability to effectively communicate with a diverse audience and provide strategic direction for large and small organizations alike._x000D_ In 2013, Brenton authored his first book, PowerShell 3.0 WMI Starter, Packt Publishing. In March 2015, he authored his second book Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting, Packt Publishing._x000D_ Brenton currently works at CDW as an Enterprise Architect in strategic solutions and services. CDW is a leading multibrand technology solutions provider in the fields of business, government, education, and healthcare. A Fortune 500 company, it was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 7,200 coworkers. In 2016, the company generated net sales of more than $13.0 billion._x000D_ His current specialisation sits on top of 15 years experience spread across (predominantly Microsoft) systems, (Juniper and Cisco) networking, and security.

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