Advanced Automation UsingWindows PowerShell 2.0

WSV406

Jeffrey SnoverDistinguished EngineerMicrosoft

Dan HarmanSenior Program ManagerMicrosoft

Session Overview

Technical Level: 400Intended Audience: IT administrators and scripters

Learning Objectives:Learn about improvements to Windows PowerShell 2.0Understand how to use advanced scripting techniquesSee how PowerShell features work in common scenarios

Presentation Outline:Overview of new PowerShell 2.0 featuresAdvanced scripting techniques in depthGUI over PowerShell demoProduction scripting demoUniversal automation environment demo

Improvements in PowerShell 2.0Dozens of big features

RemotingPowerShell ISEAdvanced FunctionsBackground JobsRestricted SessionsTransactionsOut-GridViewScript DebuggingNew & Improved CmdletsHosting APIs

ModulesEventingSession PoolsLanguage EnhancementsWMI ImprovementsImproved AD AdapterPerformance ImprovementsScript InternationalizationParser API SupportMore…

PowerShell Architecture

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Manager

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

PowerShell 2.0 Themes

Production Scripting

Universal Automation Environment

GUI over PowerShell

Language and Cmdlets

GUI Over PowerShell

Layering admin GUIs on top of PowerShellDrives consistency between CLI & GUIEnables agility in delivering new GUIsGuarantees automation of GUI commandsFacilitates GUI teaching command lineStandardizes access to managed elements

GUI over PowerShell

GUI Over PowerShell Features

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Manager

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

Session Pooling

Thread Control

Hosting APIs

PowerShell ISE

Out-GridView

demo

GUI Over PowerShell

Dan HarmanSenior Program ManagerWindows PowerShell

Production Scripting

Scripts are:Easy to useEasy to shareEasy to supportSafe to operate

Production Scripting

Production Scripting Features

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Manager

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

Advanced Functions

Debugger Enhancements

Restricted Language

Modules

Transactions

Advanced Functions

Native Code

Advanced Functions

Gives the power of authoring custom cmdlets to IT prosWrite PowerShell cmdlets using script instead of compiled codeEnables consistent syntax and semantics between functions & cmdletsEvolution of function syntax from PowerShell 1.0Near parity with .NET cmdlet capabilities

Cmdlet attributes-SupportsShouldProcess-ConfirmImpact { Low | Medium | High }

$PSCmdlet similar to 'this' in C#$PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Target", "Action")$PSCmdlet.ShouldContinue("Query", "Caption")

Support inline help or external PSMAML help

Parameter attributesRangeLengthNot NullNot Null or EmptyPatternSetCountScript

demo

Production ScriptingAdvanced Functions

Jeffrey SnoverDistinguished EngineerWindows PowerShell

demo

Production ScriptingModules

Dan HarmanSenior Program ManagerWindows PowerShell

Universal Automation Environment

Interactive or programmaticIn the foreground or backgroundLocal or remoteSingle machine or multiple machinesSynchronous or asynchronousIn restricted or unrestricted environmentsWide range of authentication mechanismsSimple scripting to systems programming

Universal Automation Environment

Automation Environment Features

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Manager

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

Background Jobs

Restricted Sessions

Mobile Object Model

Eventing

Remoting

Remoting Scenarios

1:Many (fan-out): Large Scale AutomationSend the script to remote machinesSelect properties - allows client to specify which properties to returnThrottling - limits the number of concurrent operationsJob support - runs commands in the background on client

1:1 (interactive): Secure Telnet ReplacementCmdlet equivalent of Remote DesktopInteract with a remote machine as if it were localNo Invoke-Command requiredIdeal for troubleshooting a remote machine

Many:1 (fan-in): Delegated Administration & HostingHosting model for web servicesNo tools installation required on clientConstrained session environment (cmdlets, parameters, language)

demo

Universal Automation EnvironmentRemoting

Jeffrey SnoverDistinguished EngineerWindows PowerShell

demo

Universal Automation EnvironmentBackground Jobs

Dan HarmanSenior Program ManagerWindows PowerShell

Language and Cmdlets

Responding to community feedbackEnhance the languageImprove the engineProvide more built-in cmdlets

Language and Cmdlets

Language and Cmdlets

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Manager

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

ImprovedObject Adapters

LanguageEnhancements

New Cmdlets

WMI++

Over 100 New Built-In CmdletsHundreds more from partners

ModulesExport-ModuleMemberGet-ModuleImport-ModuleNew-ModuleNew-ModuleManifestRemove-ModuleTest-ModuleManifest

EventingGet-EventGet-EventSubscriberNew-EventRegister-EngineEventRegister-ObjectEventRemove-EventUnregister-EventWait-Event

WS-ManConnect-WSManDisable-WSManCredSSPDisconnect-WSManEnable-WSManCredSSPGet-WSManCredSSPGet-WSManInstanceInvoke-WSManActionNew-WSManInstanceNew-WSManSessionOptionRemove-WSManInstanceSet-WSManInstanceSet-WSManQuickConfigTest-WSMan

TransactionsComplete-TransactionGet-TransactionStart-TransactionUndo-TransactionUse-Transaction

DebuggingDisable-PSBreakpointEnable-PSBreakpointGet-PSBreakpointGet-PSCallStackRemove-PSBreakpointSet-PSBreakpoint

Type ConversionAdd-TypeConvertFrom-CsvConvertFrom-StringDataConvertTo-CsvConvertTo-Xml

DiagnosticsClear-EventLogExport-CounterGet-CounterGet-HotfixGet-WinEventImport-CounterLimit-EventLogNew-EventLogRemove-EventLogShow-EventLogWrite-EventLog

ComputersAdd-ComputerCheckpoint-ComputerDisable-ComputerRestoreEnable-ComputerRestoreGet-ComputerRestorePointRemove-ComputerReset-ComputerPasswordRestart-ComputerRestore-ComputerStop-ComputerTest-Connection

WMIInvoke-WMIMethodRegister-WMIEventRemove-WMIObjectSet-WMIInstance

OtherClear-HistoryDebug-ProcessExport-FormatDataGet-FormatDataGet-RandomImport-LocalizedDataOut-GridViewSelect-XmlSend-MailMessageSet-StrictModeStart-ProcessTest-ComputerSecureChannelUpdate-ListWait-Process

RemotingDisable-PSSessionConfigurationEnable-PSSessionConfigurationEnable-PSRemotingEnter-PSSessionExit-PSSessionExport-PSSessionGet-PSSessionGet-PSSessionConfigurationImport-PSSessionInvoke-CommandNew-PSSessionNew-PSSessionOptionNew-WebServiceProxyRegister-PSSessionConfigurationRemove-PSSessionSet-PSSessionConfiguration

Custom SessionsDisable-PSSessionConfigurationEnable-PSSessionConfigurationGet-PSSessionConfigurationNew-PSSessionOptionRegister-PSSessionConfigurationSet-PSSessionConfigurationUnregister-PSSessionConfiguration

Background JobsGet-JobReceive-JobRemove-JobStart-JobStop-JobWait-Job

16 New Partners in Windows 7 & WS08 R2Many active internal partners

Exchange Server • Windows Diagnostics • Server Manager • SQL Server • Active Directory • Failover Clustering • System Center Operations Manager • Windows Backup • Server Migration • System Center Virtual Machine Manager • Best Practices Analyzer • Active Directory Rights Management Services • Internet Information Services • Background Intelligent Transfer Service • System Center Data Protection Manager • Network Load Balancing • Remote Desktop Services • Group Policy • WS-Management • AppLocker • WMI

Windows PowerShell Community Resources

Team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShellPowerShell Community: http://www.powershellcommunity.orgPowerShell Forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverpowershell/threads Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/PowerShellWiki: http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.WindowsPowerShellWikiScript Center: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspxCodePlex: http://codeplex.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=powershellSome good books

PowerShell in Action, 2nd Edition by Bruce Payettehttp://www.manning.com/payette2

Windows PowerShell Cookbook, 2nd Edition by Lee Holmes http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801519/

Professional Windows PowerShell Programming http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-0470173939.html

PowerShell Comics! http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/comics/b/weblog/archive/2011/04/20/climbing-mt-powershell-comic-book-first-pages.aspx

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