Part I: PowerShell for Exchange Fundamentals
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Because Windows PowerShell is fully extensible, software developers can create their own custom
built - in commands to handle those administrative tasks not already addressed in the default built - in
command set. Exchange Management Shell is an example of Windows PowerShell extended to include
more than 500 built - in commands.
Windows PowerShell not only allows access to the local disk drives as a file system, but it also exposes
the local Registry, certificate store, and system environment variables and allows you to navigate them
using the same familiar methods you would use for navigating a file system. Windows PowerShell also
provides additional data stores for variables, functions, and alias definitions used inside the shell.
GUI management applications can be built on top of Windows PowerShell. Software developers can
ensure that all administrative functions found in a GUI management application built on Windows
PowerShell have a corresponding scriptable equivalent in the Windows PowerShell CLI. Exchange
Management Console is an example of a GUI management application built on top of Windows
PowerShell.
PowerShell Basics
You may be asking yourself why a book about Exchange Management Shell is spending so much time in
the beginning talking about Windows PowerShell.
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