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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 and always used [[AutoIT]] instead.  But being that I manage a lot of VMware environments for which there is the excellent [[:Category:PowerCLI|PowerCLI]], I haven't touched AutoIT in years.
[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.   
 
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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** '''[[MySQL_and_PowerShell|MySQL]]'''
** '''[[MySQL_and_PowerShell|MySQL]]'''
** '''[[SSH_Client_(PowerShell)|SSH]]'''
** '''[[SSH_Client_(PowerShell)|SSH]]'''
See also '''[[:Category:PowerCLI|PowerCLI]]''' - The VMware vSphere PowerShell snap-in
Further reading...
* http://powershell.com/cs/
* http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/
* http://poshcode.org/
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Revision as of 14:43, 2 July 2012

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.

For those that manage 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

Further reading...