Powershell scripting

Useful tools:

• Windows Powershell ISE
  • The Intellisense in the editor and the command windows gives you live property values on the commands an even live objects

Loading Assemblies

To import the Microsoft.Web.Administration assembly directly in your PowerShell script, you can use the [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom method. This method loads the specified assembly from a file path. The Microsoft.Web.Administration assembly is typicall located in the C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv directory.

The Add-PSSnapin cmdlet is used to add snap-ins to the current PowerSHell session. However, in newer versions of PowerSHell (starting with PowerShell 3.0), the use of snap-ins has been largely replaced by modules. The WebAdministration module should be imported using Import-Module instead of Add-PSSnapin.

misc

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