Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a new command line shell and scripting language which is built on top of, and extensively leverages, the .NET Framework.  While PowerShell is strongly oriented towards improving efficiencies for system adminstrators, it can help developers, too. This session will discuss what PowerShell is and what Microsoft's goals are for it. It will also discuss the basics (Cmdlets, Variables, Providers, and Pipeline) as well as PowerShell extensibility.

This was presented at the April 17th, 2007 meeting by Nino Benvenuti

Nino is a technology consultant with over ten years of experience, ranging from development and architecture of enterprise systems to mobility solutions.  He has worked with .NET since its beginnings and has focused on mobility solutions for many years.  He maintains a blog at http://nino.net/blog  and is responsible for the 'The Mobile Minute' series of posts.  Nino is also a Microsoft MVP in the area of Device Application Development and has given presentations at several events such as Ann Arbor Day of .NET (DoDN) and the Cincinnati-Dayton Code Camp (2006 & 2007).  He is active in the .NET CF, Pocket PC, and Smartphone forums and newsgroups and in his spare time works to absorb new technologies and create tools to make his job easier.