Microsoft Windows Powershell Programming for the Absolute Beginner

This is a perfect book for a beginner in the Windows PowerShell. If gives you the absolute basics and lets you learn by example. I liked it. It was the perfect book before I went to the Windows PowerShell in Action to further my knowledge.

It can be a coin toss, "for beginners" books can be real dogs - definitely not the case here. As the book title says, anyone who wants to get on the PowerShell (PS) bandwagon, even with absolutely no prior scripting experience, can start here and take away a solid understanding of the basics of PS general shell usage as well as scripting, and begin implementing what they have learn in a production environment. Even if you're... Read Full Review

I like the simple approach and it's very easy to understand. I'm learning a lot on how PowerShell works just by reading few pages of it. I normally don't give review or comment but I'm giving this book - thumbs-up.

This is an excellent beginner's book for someone new to PowerShell. I had been playing with PowerShell for a few months before starting this book. Up to and including chapter 7 was mostly a review for me of things I already knew, but chapters 8, 9, 10 had some additional information and insight into things that I found valuable. I'm glad I purchased this book, and find definitly like the layout of the book for someone new... Read Full Review

I am a server administrator who is responsible for managing a group of servers running a wide range of operating systems including Windows, Linux, and (unfortunately) SCO UNIX. I just received my copy of this new book in the mail yesterday evening and began working with it today on our Windows 2003 development server. In my opinion, the book serves the PowerShell beginner very well by providing many simplified, but logically... Read Full Review