Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Overview of Windows PowerShell 5.0
• Chapter 2: Using Windows PowerShell cmdlets 
• Chapter 3: Understanding and using Windows PowerShell providers 
• Chapter 4: Using Windows PowerShell remoting and jobs 
• Chapter 5: Using Windows PowerShell scripts  
• Chapter 6: Working with functions 
• Chapter 7: Creating advanced functions and modules
• Chapter 8: Using the Windows PowerShell ISE 
• Chapter 9: Working with Windows PowerShell profiles 
• Chapter 10: Using WMI  
• Chapter 11: Querying WMI  
• Chapter 12: Remoting WMI  
• Chapter 13: Calling WMI methods on WMI classes 
• Chapter 14: Using the CIM cmdlets  
• Chapter 15: Working with Active Directory  
• Chapter 16: Working with the AD DS module   
• Chapter 17: Deploying Active Directory by using Windows PowerShell  
• Chapter 18: Debugging scripts   
• Chapter 19: Handling errors 
• Chapter 20: Using the Windows PowerShell workflow 
• Chapter 21: Managing Windows PowerShell DSC  
• Chapter 22: Using the PowerShell Gallery 
• Appendix A: Windows PowerShell scripting best practices 
• Appendix B: Regular expressions quick reference 
• Index 
• About the author 
  

About the Author

Ed Wilson is the Microsoft Scripting Guy and a well-known scripting expert. He writes the daily Hey Scripting Guy! Blog--the most popular blog on TechNet. He has also spoken at TechEd and at the Microsoft internal TechReady conferences. He has written more than a dozen books, including nine on Windows scripting that were published by Microsoft Press. His books include  Windows PowerShell Best Practices and  Microsoft VBScript Step by Step.