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Techstravaganza 2010 PowerShell AD commandlets. Barry Gerdsen Solutions Architect - Quest Software Barry.Gerdsen@quest.com. Agenda. Introduction overview PowerShell for AD management PowerGUI Powershell Scripting & Debugging. Administration before PowerShell. Graphical Console.
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Techstravaganza 2010PowerShell AD commandlets Barry Gerdsen Solutions Architect - Quest Software Barry.Gerdsen@quest.com
Agenda Introduction overview PowerShell for AD management PowerGUI Powershell Scripting & Debugging
Administration before PowerShell Graphical Console Platform Functionality
Is UI World Much Better? • Every platform has its own administrative UI • Once you go beyond simple one object operations you need scripting • Tools are static: once a year a vendor releases what it thinks people need
Administration before PowerShell Graphical Console Platform Functionality Command line COM WMI
PowerShell Way PowerShell Platform Functionality
PowerShell Way Command Line GUI Scripts and Apps PowerShell Platform Functionality
Introducing PowerGUI PowerGUI PowerShell Exchange SQL VMware Citrix AD
PowerGUI DEMO • Main Console • Tree nodes • Result set • Links • Actions • PowerShell Editor • Intellisense • Online Search • Debugging • PowerGUI Resources • PowerPacks • Discussion Forums
Overview of PowerGUI Demo
Additional Info Special user group pricing on PowerGUI Pro ($99) • http://www.quest.com/TechStrav2010
Resources • MSDN PowerShell Blog • http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/ • Good Starting Tutorial • http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/ • PowerGUI Community • http://www.powergui.org • Free Tools from Quest • Look for PowerGUI and the AD cmdlets at: • http://www.quest.com/free-tools