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A basic introduction to Windows PowerShell

A basic introduction to Windows PowerShell

A basic introduction to Windows PowerShell

Date: Feb 21, 2008

This is the first of a four-part screencast series on using Windows PowerShell with Microsoft evangelist David Aiken. This screencast provides a brief explanation of PowerShell, and introduces three important new commands for systems administrators: get-help, get-command and get-PSDrive.

More Windows PowerShell resources:

Learning Center for beginners
Scripting School archive
PowerShell main topic page

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