PowerShell Basics

Archive for the ‘Introduction’ Category

I’m working on the final editing for the first show. Unfortunately, the demands of work called me away from the editing table this weekend. I’ll try to have the show posted by Wednesday.

The first show covers installing PowerShell and showing some of the discoverability features of PowerShell.

The second show will cover the installation of some helpful additions and a few more cmdlets to further explore the shell environment.

Welcome to PowerShell Basics.  In this podcast series we will be exploring Windows PowerShell and learning to wield power from the Microsoft command line.

Required:

• .NET Framework 2.0 (for x86 processors)
• PowerShell Installer

Nice Additions:

• PowerShell Community Extensions (PSCX)
• /\/\o\/\/’s PowerTab
• Quest AD Cmdlets
• PowerGUI

Free For Non-Commercial Use:

• PowerShell Plus
• NetCmdlets

DNRTV Screencast on Installing PowerShell and PowerTab

• Episode 82 of DotNetRocks TV

Starting next week, we will be walking through in an full install of PowerShell and some of the basic cmdlets for exploring this new shell environment.  Talk to you soon!