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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
* '''[[Variables_(PowerShell)|Variables]]''' - An overview on PowerShell objects (variables) and their usage
* '''[[:Category:Variables_(PowerShell)|Variables / Objects]]''' - An overview on PowerShell objects (variables) and their usage
** [[Strings_(PowerShell)|Strings]]
** [[Arrays_(PowerShell)|Arrays]]
** [[Object_Types_(PowerShell)|Other Objects]]
* '''Interacting with...'''
* '''Interacting with...'''
** '''[[Excel_(PowerShell)|Excel]]'''
** '''[[Excel_(PowerShell)|Excel]]'''
** '''[[FTP_(PowerShell)|FTP]]'''
** '''[[FTP_(PowerShell)|FTP]]'''
** '''[[MySQL_and_PowerShell|MySQL]]'''
** '''[[MySQL_and_PowerShell|MySQL]]'''
** '''[[SNMP_and_PowerShell|SNMP]]'''
** '''[[SSH_Client_(PowerShell)|SSH]]'''
** '''[[SSH_Client_(PowerShell)|SSH]]'''


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* http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/
* http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/
* http://poshcode.org/
* http://poshcode.org/




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Latest revision as of 13:23, 7 August 2013

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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