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PowerShell Bangalore User Group (PSBUG)

Inaugural meet – 28th, July 2012

http://twitter.com/psbug

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Agenda

• Introduction to PowerShell• Getting Started with PowerShell• Break• From the Community!• Give aways• PSBUG - The road ahead!

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Introduction to PowerShell

Ravikanth Chaganti

PowerShell Bangalore User Group (@PSBUG) – 27th July, 2012

http://twitter.com/ravikanth

http://ravichaganti.com/blog

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About Me• Work at Dell Inc.• PowerShell MVP since

2010• Author

• Layman’s guide to PS remoting

• WQL via PowerShell

• Founder & Editor• PowerShellMagazine.c

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Sponsor – Code Owls LLC

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Solving problems

Automating solutions

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Why PowerShell?• Historically, Windows focused on usability• Times are changing have changed! PowerShell is a

part of MS CEC!• …. And, Microsoft isn’t alone!

• So, IT Professionals, it’s time to buckle up!

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PowerShell For Developers

• Rapid UI Prototyping–WPF using ShowUI–WinForms using PrimalStudio

• Enable PowerShell support within applications– Ex: SnoopShell, etc

• Automated build process and unit testing– Psake, etc

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DEMO

UI PrototypingSnoopShell

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What is PowerShell?

Monad is the next generation platform for administrative automation. Monad solves traditional management problems by leveraging the .Net Platform - Jeffrey Snover, 2002 • We are leaps and bounds ahead,

already!

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PowerShell 1.0Year 2007

PowerShell 2.0Year 2009

PowerShell 3.0

Year 2012

What is PowerShell?

• An object-base shell and is in version 3.0 (release preview)

• Not just a shell anymore; it’s an automation engine.

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DEMO

Text vs Object-based Shell

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What is in PowerShell 3.0?• PowerShell 3.0

– Several enhancements to built-in cmdlets and bug fixes– New built-in cmdlets– New PowerShell ISE (equivalent to a commercial script editor …

well, almost!)– Language and syntax simplification– Robust remoting sessions– Workflows– CIM cmdlets

• PowerShell 3.0 and Windows 8 …– 4000+ cmdlets in-box– Several new modules (disk, network, iscsi, etc)– PowerShell Web Access

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DEMO

New Built-in Cmdlets and EnhancementsNew Tab CompletionNew Integrated Scripting EnvironmentUpdatable helpLanguage and Syntax SimplificationShow-Command

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Takeaways

PowerShell 3.0 is a step forward in datacenter automation.

Features such as Workflows and robust sessions can help IT administrators in automating multi-machine management efficiently.

New features simplify language to help beginners.

This is the right to get started with PowerShell, if you didn’t!

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Q AND A

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Getting Started with PowerShell

Ravikanth Chaganti

PowerShell Bangalore User Group (@PSBUG) – 27th July, 2012

http://twitter.com/ravikanth

http://ravichaganti.com/blog

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What do you need?

• No scripting / programming knowledge!

• Windows PowerShell 2.0 or 3.0• Server OS: Windows Server 2008 or

Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012

• Client OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7 or Windows 8

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Choose the right tool!

• There are many to choose from:– PowerShell.exe [Console Host]– PowerShell_ISE.exe [GUI Host]– PowerGUI by Quest– PowerSE by DevFarm– PowerShell Plus by Idera

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Understand PowerShell cmdlets

• Pronounced as command-let• A lightweight command– Compiled Cmdlets– Script Cmdlets

• Use Verb-Noun pairs

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DEMO

Understanding Cmdlets

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Start with the Shell

• Anything that runs in the shell can be a part of a script

• Discover PowerShell– Get-Help– Get-Member– Get-Command– About Topics

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DEMO

Exploring PowerShell

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Remember …

• … that there is more than one way in PowerShell– [System.Diagnostics.Process]::GetProces

ses()– Get-Process

• … set script execution policies• … to Use PowerShell profiles and

type less!

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DEMO

PowerShell Execution PoliciesPowerShell Profiles

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Call to action

• Start today, if you haven’t. It’s already late!

• Ask questions or ask for help!• Use the learning resources:– Getting started guide– PowerShell Learning center– Free PowerShell eBooks– The scripting Guys blog– PowerScripting Podcast

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Q AND A