Join Don Jones for an in-depth discussion in this video Learn about product-specific "shells", part of PowerShell 3.0 for Administrators.
- One of the things that Microsoft has unfortunately done…to make PowerShell a little confusing,…is produced a bunch of what I call…product specific management shells.…You know down here in your start menu,…you install the Exchange admin tools,…and there's an Exchange management shell link.…I bet you if I drill into SQL Server down here,…somewhere I will find the SQL Server shell.…In fact under administrative tools,…you'll find the active directory module…for Windows PowerShell.…
Well it's all smoke and mirrors.…It's all completely fake, there's only one PowerShell.…There's only one Highlander, there's only one PowerShell.…Everything that looks like…a product specific version of PowerShell isn't.…Take a look at these properties for a second.…All this is doing is running powershell.exe,…the same one you've been using,…and it's telling it to load up…a particular module as part of that.…So this shortcut is just kinda autoloading…a particular module for me.…
It's not a different copy of PowerShell.…So, we're going to talk about how to manually load…
Author
Don Jones
Released
3/10/2012Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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1. Introduction to Windows PowerShell
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Find PowerShell1m 10s
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Customize PowerShell2m 29s
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2. Run Commands in PowerShell
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Run basic commands3m 32s
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Use PSDrives4m 29s
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3. The PowerShell Help System
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Use the help system4m 32s
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Find commands in help3m 30s
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Use parameters to add values4m 17s
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Use online help4m 9s
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4. The PowerShell Pipeline
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Import and export: CSV5m 10s
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Import and export: XML4m 7s
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Output to a file or printer6m 14s
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Convert data to HTML3m 23s
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5. Extend PowerShell
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Find and add PSSnapins2m 43s
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6. Objects: Data, by Another Name
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Discover the object's output6m 44s
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Sort objects2m 50s
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7. Dig Deeper into the PowerShell Pipeline
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Use pipeline input: ByValue5m 19s
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8. PowerShell Formatting
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Use the default formatting3m 50s
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Format wide lists1m 16s
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Format regular lists2m 13s
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Format tables4m 11s
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Learn to format last3m 55s
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9. Comparisons and Filtering
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10. PowerShell Remoting
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Enable PowerShell remoting1m 57s
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Use one-to-one remoting4m 11s
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Use one-to-many remoting4m 12s
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11. PowerShell Jobs
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Start a job2m 28s
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Manage job objects4m 54s
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12. Windows Management Instrumentation
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Explore WMI5m 2s
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13. Work with Multiple Objects at Once
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14. PowerShell Security
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Understand trust2m 17s
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15. PowerShell Variables
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Use variables1m 46s
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Name variables3m 44s
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Use single and double quotes4m 37s
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Use arrays1m 30s
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Give variables a data type2m 48s
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16. Input and Output
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Prompt for user input1m 11s
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Write output to the pipeline3m 42s
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Write other messages1m 24s
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17. Remoting Sessions
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Create reusable sessions2m 38s
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18. Turning Commands into Reusable Tools
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Create a command4m 17s
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Document a script3m 15s
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