Running Windows PowerShell Scripts

Whether you like it or not, eventually you will have to learn Microsoft Windows PowerShell.  Microsoft has been slowly moving administrative activities that have been typically managed at the command line over to PowerShell scripts.  SharePoint 2010, in particular, has been moved largely to administration using Windows PowerShell.

Therefore, if you want to learn how to begin working with PowerShell and executing PowerShell scripts, this is an excellent article to help you get started:

Running Windows PowerShell Scripts
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