Jim Christopher

PowerShell as a Tools Platform

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A Specialized Tool for Each Task…

… or a General Tool for All Tasks?

Consider

vs

Which is more portable?

Which is easierto maintain?

My goal is to get youthinking about

targeting PowerShellas your One Tool.

MEMBERSHIP & PROVIDER DEMO

Provider Architecture

C:\> get-item temp

Path = c:\temp

Drive = c:

Drive’s Provider = File System

Give me the item for “c:\temp”

Provider Architecture

Provider

Items

Content &

Properties

Provider Architecture

File System

Folders & Files

File Content

File & Directory Properties

Provider Architecture

Registry

Keys

Values

Provider Item Cmdlets

item

new-

get-

set-

clear-

remove-

copy-

rename-

move-

Membership Item Cmdlets

item

new-

get-

set-

clear-

remove-

copy-

rename-

move-

Provider Hierarchy

Navigation

Container

Item

Drive

Provider Hierarchy

Navigation

Container

Item

Drive•Add & Remove Drives

PowerShell 2.0 SDK

http://tinyurl.com/posh2sdk

(http://preview.tinyurl.com/posh2sdk)

Provider Hieriarchy

Navigation

Container

Item

Drive

• Get an Item• Set an Item•Test if an Item Exists

Provider Hierarchy

Navigation

Container

Item

Drive

• Create a New Item• Remove an Item• Get Child Items

Thanks for Coming!

http://tinyurl.com/poshtoolssurvey

• jim@codeowls.com

• http://twitter.com/beefarino

• http://www.beefycode.com