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PowerGUI Documentation

Well, I guess we were too lazy to create great long user guides so we just shot a few flash demos hoping that it's also an easier way to consume the information anyway:

• Introduction to PowerGUI demo - this is the most basic and introductory demo using Exchange 2007 environment to show how PowerGUI can be used to manage mailboxes, produce reports, how the console can be extended, and finally how these extensions are shared with other community members.
   
• How to Create a PowerPack - this demonstrates how to add nodes, links and actions to PowerGUI and how you can share your nodes, links and actions with the community as a PowerPack.
   
• Extending PowerGUI - this is an advanced demo on how PowerGUI works and how it can be extended with simple and script nodes/links/actions and how you can use .NET, WMI, and ADSI when PowerShell is not enough.
   
• Managing Operations Manager 2007 with PowerGUI - Rob "Deuce" Doucette is demoing his PowerPack for OpsManager 2007 (also known as MOM).
   
• Advanced Exchange 2007 Management - mailbox provisioning, certificate management, public folder management - all through PowerGUI UI.
   
• Automated Software Testing - test your software projects with PowerShell and PowerGUI.
   

However, if you do want to read something here are a few links which should make you happy:

• PowerGUI blog - a lot of ad-hoc posts about PowerGUI and PowerShell in general.
   
• MMS Hands-On Labs Manuals - step-by-step manuals for the hands-on labs we had at Microsoft Management Summit 2007.

You may also want to see these Channel 9 videos:

Jeffrey Snover and Dmitry Sotnikov: Learn and Master Windows PowerShell with Quest Software’s PowerGUI

Dmitry Sotnikov: Using Windows PowerShell to manage Windows Server 2008 Active Directory and Read-Only Domain Controllers

For a full list of PowerShell-related Channel 9 videos go to this page.