PowerShelling Terminal Services and Citrix Revisited, from BriForum 2008

This is a video of a breakout session from BriForum 2008, presented by Shawn Bass and Jason Conger.

Session Description: Windows PowerShell is a new command line shell and admin-focused scripting language with more than 130 standard command line tools. This session will focus on using the built-in PowerShell commands to administer Terminal Services and Citrix environments as well as building your own custom PowerShell cmdlets to fit your needs.

Following is a rough outline of the session topics:

• PowerShell Basics
• History
• Availability
• Getting Help (main pages)
• Syntax (verb-noun)
• Common built-in commands
• PowerShell and WMI Providers
• Using PowerShell with WMI
• Citrix Presentation Server 4.x WMI Provider
• Citrix Licensing WMI Provider
• PowerShell and MFCOM
• MFCOM objects
• Using PowerShell with MFCOM
• Writing your own PowerShell functions (Cmdlets)