Payette v2 is one of the two most advanced books available. I can assure you that some of the material in that book trips up PowerShell MVPs on a fairly regular basis. :-)
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Art DeKneef [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerShell query for AD group I got Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches after seeing Don at a local Microsoft event. I found the book helpful and useful since I was learning PowerShell. He gives a few examples and builds from there. The book is good for those wanting to learn in my opinion. At least it was for me. I also got the Windows PowerShell in Action book by Bruce Payette. A much more comprehensive book that covers probably everything about PowerShell. To me this book is an intermediate/advanced level book. Reading different articles and such has also helped. My biggest problem is actually being able to use the commands to do things. Without using PowerShell for a while I find myself forgetting things and having to lookup how to write the command. I'm talking something beyond the basics as the more common commands I have saved to reuse whenever I need them. Art -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PowerShell query for AD group Steven, Thank you immensely for these links. I am definitely going to check out the e-books, as I've been wanting to learn PS for a long time. Has anyone used Don Jones' book, Learn Windows Powershell in a Month of Lunches? Sounds like an interesting book. Just wondering if it's worth it. >>> Steven Peck <[email protected]> 07/11/11 10:13 AM >>> List of free eBooks for you. http://www.hofferle.com/archives/624 http://www.blkmtn.org/ <- left hand block has some links to various resources on powershell I find useful. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:57 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Aha! Cheers, I will experiment on that > > On 11 July 2011 17:54, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Generally you use the select-object (alias: select) statement.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Regards,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Michael B. Smith**** >> >> Consultant and Exchange MVP**** >> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2011 12:48 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: PowerShell query for AD group**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks for that confirmation >> >> Another of my PowerShell noob queries again if I may be so >> bold......how can you "skip" lines of output from PowerShell like you >> used to be able to do with the *skip *parameter in an old *for /f >> *command? (Yes, I am just trying to upgrade my batch scripting skills >> straight to PS). FWIW I am pumping out the computers in an OU and >> just returning the name column, but I want to ignore the first two >> lines of output that are >> >> *Name >> ====* >> >> Is there a way to do this, or do I need nudging in a different direction? >> >> TIA, >> >> >> >> JRR**** >> >> On 11 July 2011 17:18, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote:**** >> >> If you have 2008 AD controllers yes.**** >> >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617195.aspx**** >> >> >> I have found the Quest AD cmdlets are easier to use. This may be >> because I have used them longer or that they have been around longer >> and have had features added to them. There is als the posibility to >> do it via [ADSI] which is why I started using the Quest cmdlets.**** >> >> **** >> >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.06.powershell.aspx** >> ** >> >> **** >> >> I do need to get the time to play with the MS AD cmdlets to get more >> familier with the logic in them.**** >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:09 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> >> wrote:**** >> >> Is there a native PowerShell cmdlet for returning an AD group membership? >> Or do I need to get something like the Quest PowerShell extensions? >> >> -- >> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put >> into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I >> am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that >> could provoke such a question." >> >> ****** IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER ***** >> >> This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is >> addressed. 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