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Where Do I Start with PowerShell?

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Introduction

This morning I set out to get some information about getting started in PowerShell for a coworker. Rather than spend a bunch of time searching for different sites I threw the question out to the SQL Community on Twitter via #SqlHelp. The response was so overwhelming that I decided I at least owed it to the SQL Community to get it all written down.

Thank you to everyone who supplied a link, you are what keeps the SQL Community great!

So here is everything that came in broken out by category:

Blogs

Aaron Nelson: http://sqlvariant.com/wordpress/

Aaron Nelson – PowerShell Links: http://sqlvariant.com/wordpress/index.php/powershell-links/

Aaron Nelson – Getting Started with PowerShell: http://sqlvariant.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/02/sqlserversqldatabasestables-dir/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Sqlvariations+%28SQLvariations%3A+SQL+Server%2C+a+little+PowerShell%2C+maybe+some+Hyper-V%29

Aaron Nelson – Get More Done With SQLPSX: http://sqlvariant.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/02/get-more-done-with-sqlpsx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Sqlvariations+%28SQLvariations%3A+SQL+Server%2C+a+little+PowerShell%2C+maybe+some+Hyper-V%29

Buck Woody – Carpe Datum: http://blogs.msdn.com/buckwoody/archive/tags/PowerShell/default.aspx

Buck Woody – InformIt: http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=sqlserver&seqNum=253&rll=1

Buck Woody – Intro to PowerShell Series: http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/05/27/how-does-windows-powershell-make-it-easier-to-work-with-sql-server-2008.aspx

Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/tags/getting+started/default.aspx

Laerte Junior – Great Practical Examples on SimpleTalk.com: http://www.simple-talk.com/author/laerte-junior/

Laerte Junior – $hell Your Experience (Portuguese): http://laertejuniordba.spaces.live.com/

Windows PowerShell Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/

Community

Powershellcommunity.org: http://www.powershellcommunity.org/

PowerShell.com: http://powershell.com/cs/

eBooks

Master-PowerShell with Dr.Tobias Weltner: http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/

TechNet

Task-Based Guide to PowerShell: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee332526.aspx

PowerShell Script Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd742419.aspx

Script Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/default.aspx

Windows PowerShell: Survival Guide: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/windows-powershell-survival-guide.aspx

Applications / GUIs

PowerGUI: http://powergui.org/index.jspa

Videos

Midnight DBA PowerShell Videos: http://midnightdba.itbookworm.com/Admin.aspx

White Papers

Understanding and Using PowerShell Support in SQL Server 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd938892.aspx

Conclusion

So there you have it, a pretty substantial list of resources to get started in PowerShell.These all look like great resources and I can see I have a ton of reading to do.

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