SQL PASS PowerShell Session Materials

The presentation and scripts can be found here. Two questions came up which I couldn’t answer on the spot: 1) what is the load precedence of profiles and 2) what PowerShell books would I recommend.

Profile Load Precedence

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613488(v=VS.85).aspx

The profiles are listed in load order. The most specific profiles have precedence over less specific profiles where they apply.

• %windir%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
• %windir%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
• %UserProfile%\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
• %UserProfile%\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

PowerShell Book Suggestion

Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by Don Jones (no relation)

Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition by Bruce Payette

Comments

• Anonymous
  October 13, 2011
  Excellent work - thanks for getting this out here so fast.