Apply best practices for automating system administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and optimize your operational efficiency and results. This guide captures the field-tested tips, real-world lessons, and candid advice of practitioners across the range of business and technical scenarios and across the scripting life cycle. Discover how to:

Take advantage of new features and cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0Plan scripting usage scenarios and define standards Deploy Windows PowerShell 2.0 to desktops and serversConfigure scripting environmentsOptimize remote scripting capabilitiesWork with Active Directory and WMIDesign functions and modulesOptimize input and outputHandle errorsDocument scriptsTest and troubleshoot scriptsAvoid scripting pitfalls

The companion CD includes a fully searchable eBook and sample scripts.

For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.