I have used VBScript quite a bit in the past and I am very familiar with it but this morning I was doing something in VBS and thought to myself I really need to start to learn PowerShell. So I did some information gathering and thought I would compile it and share my info.
Below is a list of links including, downloads, books, guides, development tools, webcasts, blogs, and bookmarks.
The PowerShell home page.
Download PowerShell 1.0
Getting Started Guide.
PowerShell FAQ.
Webcasts
| • | Exchange Server 2007 Management Shell and Scripting (Level 300)
Join Vivek Sharma as he demonstrates the new command line and scripting interface (based on Microsoft Windows PowerShell) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Learn tips and tricks for building scripts that you can use to automate small-, medium-, and enterprise-business scenarios.
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PowerShell Dev tools:
PowerShell Analyzer 1.0
Download
Home page.
Blog.
Powershell Analyzer is a rich interactive environment for Windows Powershell. Its goal is to be the powershell host of choice for IT professionals and system administrators. It has all the typical editor and IDE functionality that you would expect when working on a modern language, but it focuses on the real time interactive experience as if you were at the console, helping you compose the commands you want to use, and also giving you rich graphical visualization of the results. Powershell may seem to just return text like the average Unix shell, but in reality, it is returning rich self describing Dotnet objects. Powershell Analyzer not only helps you with the INPUT, but also with the output. It shows you the properties of the rich objects that the commands return, as well as specific visualizers to help you interact with output such as XML, HTML, charts, tables, and hierarchical data structures.
With Powershell Analyzer, seeing really is believing, and we invite you to download the beta and start to experience the unique value of Powershell.
PowerShell Books:
VBScript to PowerShell coversion guide.
Are you a VBScript script writer looking to try at your hand at Windows PowerShell? Then you might want to take a look at our conversion guide which shows you how to replicate VBScript functions and methods in Windows PowerShell.
Windows PowerShell Help Tool From Sapien Technologies
Displays detailed help for all PowerShell cmdlets - a convenient, on-screen reference while working in PowerShell, or when developing scripts. Note that PrimalScript 4.1 Professional, Enterprise, and Universal editions display this information in the new "Help" tab right within the product.
Download tool. Download instructions.
The eBooklet Series:
An Introduction to Microsoft PowerShell
http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/EBMPS.htm
Forget batch files and set your VBScripts aside: There's a new scripting and automation kid on the block and its name is Microsoft® PowerShell™. Designed from the ground up to be powerful, flexible, consistent, and complete, PowerShell™ promises easier and more efficient Windows and Windows Server System administration. In this short Realtimepublishers eBooklet, An Introduction to Microsoft® PowerShell™, scripting guru Don Jones introduces you to PowerShell™, tells you a bit about how it works, and gives you a sneak peak of PowerShell™ in action. Now's the chance to start learning what some are calling "the most significant technology for Windows administrators since the invention of remote control."