A look at Windows PowerShell's security features

A look at Windows PowerShell's security features

Date: Mar 14, 2008

This is the third of a four-part screencast series on using Windows PowerShell with Microsoft evangelist David Aiken. This screencast takes a look at some of the PowerShell security features that are designed to avoid accidental execution of scripts that have been obtained via email or downloaded from the Internet.

More Windows PowerShell resources:

Learning Center for beginners
Scripting School archive
PowerShell main topic page

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