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[http://www.microsoft.com/powershell PowerShell] has become the scripting standard for Windows, replacing VBScript.  I never really ventured into VBScript, it never seemed capable of doing what I wanted easily and always ended up using [[AutoIT]] instead.   
[http://www.microsoft.com/powershell PowerShell] has become the scripting standard for Windows, replacing VBScript.  I never really ventured into VBScript, it never seemed capable of doing what I wanted to achieve (in an easy fashion) and always ended up using [[AutoIT]] instead.   


For those that manage [[Category:VMware|VMware vSphere]] environments there is the excellent [[:Category:PowerCLI|PowerCLI]] snap-in, which has the most active online PowerShell support community (outside of PowerShell itself) <ref>Reported quote of [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/de/snover/default.mspx Jeffrey Snover] - http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2011/08/guest-post-happy-4000th-powercli-community.html </ref>
For those that manage [[:Category:VMware|VMware vSphere]] environments there is the excellent [[:Category:PowerCLI|PowerCLI]] snap-in, which has the most active online PowerShell support community (outside of PowerShell itself) <ref>Reported quote of [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/de/snover/default.mspx Jeffrey Snover] - http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2011/08/guest-post-happy-4000th-powercli-community.html </ref>


* '''[[Getting_Started_(PowerShell)|Getting Started]]''' - Tips to get you up and running
* '''[[Getting_Started_(PowerShell)|Getting Started]]''' - Tips to get you up and running

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PowerShell has become the scripting standard for Windows, replacing VBScript. I never really ventured into VBScript, it never seemed capable of doing what I wanted to achieve (in an easy fashion) and always ended up using AutoIT instead.

For those that manage VMware vSphere environments there is the excellent PowerCLI snap-in, which has the most active online PowerShell support community (outside of PowerShell itself) [1]

See also PowerCLI - The VMware vSphere PowerShell snap-in

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