Starting some PowerShell notes

For a while there was hype about Microsofts new scripting shell, it was referred to as Monad or MSH, now it is called PowerShell.

A good place to start is at Rob van der Woude's scripting pages:

Getting started:
Download and install Windows PowerShell 1.0 RtW and .NET Framework 2.0 RTM and the Windows PowerShell 1.0 Documentation Pack.
You'll need to uninstall older versions of PowerShell first.

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PowerShell Links:
Windows PowerShell Quick Start

Here are some notes and tips from Windows IT Pro november issue:

Powershell uses a new set of commands called cmdlets and a new syntax.
Help: Get help with the get-help command.
CD: you can change to registry key: cd hklm:\software
Get-Alias cmdlet is gal, eg. list all aliases: gal select name, definition
Get-Command to see the many commands available, eg: get-command get*
Set-Content to write values to a file: sc c:\f.txt -value "Hi"
Get-Content to read contents of a file: gc c:\f.txt
Set-ExecutionPolicy: by default powershell can not run scripts, you can only enter commands at the command line. To enable run scripts: set-executionpolicy unrestricted
Set-PsDebug: for example step through one line at a time, set-psdebug -step
Get-Process: you can list all running processes: get-process
Get-Eventlog: for example: get-eventlog -newest 10 -logname system

I think I wont get started with Powershell for real until Windows 2008 / Exchange 2007 or similar is being used somewhere close to where i do my administration :-)