Managing Windows Vista® with Windows PowerShell™

Level 300

• Purpose of Windows PowerShell™

• Features and Capabilities of Windows PowerShell

• How Windows PowerShell Can Manage and

Monitor the Windows Vista® Operating System

• Troubleshooting Windows Vista Using

Windows PowerShell

What Will We Cover?

• Introducing Windows PowerShell

• Maintaining the Windows Vista-Based Desktop

with Windows PowerShell

• Managing Windows Vista with

Windows PowerShell

• Troubleshooting Windows Vista with Windows

PowerShell

Agenda

PowerShell Overview

Command-Line Interface

Robust scripting

Task Automation

Bulk Operations

Extends Console

Integrates with Windows

Management Instrumentation

(WMI)

Robust architecture

Accepts and returns .NET Framework

objects

Cmdlets and Integration with .NET

Cmdlets: Single-function

tools

• Introducing Windows PowerShell

• Maintaining the Windows Vista-Based Desktop

with Windows PowerShell

• Managing Windows Vista with

Windows PowerShell

• Troubleshooting Windows Vista with Windows

PowerShell

Agenda

Windows Vista Administration

Managing Windows Vista-Based Desktop

Get-WmiObject –Class Win32_Desktop

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(Get-WMIObject -ComputerName PC01 -List | Where-Object -FilterScript {$_.Name -eq "Win32_Product"}).PSBase.InvokeMethod("Install","\\AppSrv\dsp\NewPackage.msi")

Get Desktop Information

Install Software Using WMI

demonstrationUsing Windows PowerShell for Windows Vista-Based Desktop Maintenance

List Desktop Settings by Accessing WMIUse Windows PowerShell to Install

ProgramsUse Task Scheduler

• Introducing Windows PowerShell

• Maintaining the Windows Vista-Based Desktop

with Windows PowerShell

• Managing Windows Vista with

Windows PowerShell

• Troubleshooting Windows Vista with Windows

PowerShell

Agenda

Managing Devices and Services

• List Client Active or Inactive Services

• Start and Stop Services

• Navigate the Registry

• List Plug and Play Devices

• Examine Event Logs

demonstrationManaging Windows Vista Event Logs, Devices, and Services

View Local Event LogsManage Windows Vista ServicesNavigate the Registry

• Introducing Windows PowerShell

• Maintaining the Windows Vista-Based Desktop

with Windows PowerShell

• Managing Windows Vista with

Windows PowerShell

• Troubleshooting Windows Vista with Windows

PowerShell

Agenda

Network Problems

Lack of Disk Space

CPU Spikes

Troubleshooting Windows Vista

demonstrationTroubleshooting Windows Vista

Manage Windows Vista ProcessesStop ProcessesGet Available Disk Space

• New Command Shell for Automating System

Administration Tasks

• Windows PowerShell Is a Powerful Automation

Tool You Can Use to Manage Windows Vista

• Troubleshooting Windows Vista Is Easier and

More Efficient with Windows PowerShell

Session Summary

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Course ID Title

50025A Windows PowerShell for Administrators

6434 Automating Windows Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell

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