Windows PowerShell Best Practices

Expert recommendations, pragmatically applied.
Apply best practices for automating system administration with Windows PowerShell 3.0 and optimize your operational efficiency and results. This guide captures the field-tested tips, real-world lessons, and candid advice of practitioners across the range of business and technical scenarios and across the scripting life cycle.
Discover how to:
Take advantage of new features and cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 3.0
Plan scripting usage scenarios and define standards Deploy Windows PowerShell 3.0 to desktops and servers
Configure scripting environments
Optimize remote scripting capabilities
Work with Active Directory(r) and WMI
Design functions and modules
Optimize input and output
Handle errors
Document scripts
Test and troubleshoot scripts
Avoid scripting pitfalls