Editor's note: Adam Bertram originally wrote this article, and Reda Chouffani has expanded it. Even though administrators can accomplish many tasks with ad hoc PowerShell commands, learning how to ...

The following would be a good place to start I reckon. One book should be good enough to start - I usually recommend Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches (Ace mentioned this) for anyone new ...

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