{"id":1341,"date":"2014-12-15T18:09:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T18:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2014\/12\/15\/tower-of-power-december-2014-update\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:38:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:38:45","slug":"tower-of-power-december-2014-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/tower-of-power-december-2014-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower of Power – December 2014 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may remember Jeffrey posting about the "Tower of Power" in 2008: http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/powershell\/archive\/2008\/03\/27\/tower-of-power-part-2.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For curiosity, I was just doing a little investigation on the number of PowerShell books available, and the number has grown somewhat. I did some web scraping of Amazon for anything with \u2018PowerShell\u2019 in the title, and manually attempted to remove duplicates (although kept multiple editions as their own entry).<\/p>\n

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Active Directory with PowerShell<\/p>\n
Automating Active Directory Administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0<\/p>\n
Automating Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services: From the Data Center to the Cloud with PowerShell<\/p>\n
Automating Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows PowerShell 2.0<\/p>\n
Automating SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 2.0<\/p>\n
Beginning PowerShell for SharePoint 2013<\/p>\n
CMD Your Computer : Version 2.0: The Ultimate Guide to Command Prompt, PowerShell and Run Commands<\/p>\n
CMD Your Computer: Using Command Prompt, PowerShell & Run Commands to control and program in the 21st century….<\/p>\n
Essential PowerShell<\/p>\n
Forensische Untersuchung von Windows 7 mit PowerShell: Mit Fokus auf die Live-Analyse am laufenden System (German…<\/p>\n
Fun with Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n
Getting Started With Powershell for Office 365<\/p>\n
Instant Oracle Database and PowerShell How-to<\/p>\n
Instant Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n
Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter<\/p>\n
Instant Windows PowerShell Guide<\/p>\n
Introduction to Windows PowerShell Remoting with Gabriel<\/p>\n
Introduction to Windows PowerShell With Gabriel<\/p>\n
Introduction to Windows PowerShell with Gabriel – Scripting<\/p>\n
Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches<\/p>\n
Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches<\/p>\n
Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches<\/p>\n
Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM<\/p>\n
Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM, 2nd Edition<\/p>\n
Managing VMware Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell TFM<\/p>\n
Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook<\/p>\n
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 PowerShell Cookbook: Second Edition<\/p>\n
Microsoft PowerShell, VBScript and JScript Bible<\/p>\n
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook<\/p>\n
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n
Microsoft Windows PowerShell 2.0 Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 2nd Edition<\/p>\n
Microsoft Windows PowerShell 3.0 Firstlook<\/p>\n
Microsoft Windows PowerShell Programming for the Absolute Beginner<\/p>\n
Microsoft Windows PowerShell: TFM<\/p>\n
Microsoft? Windows PowerShell? Step By Step (Step by Step Developer)<\/p>\n
Monad (AKA PowerShell): Introducing the MSH Command Shell and Language<\/p>\n
Ninja PowerShell Secrets: Volume One – Centralized Input Validation in Cmdlet Code<\/p>\n
One Hour Expert: Managing Files & Folders with Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n
One Hour Expert: Setting User Home Drives with Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n
PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook<\/p>\n
PowerShell and WMI<\/p>\n
PowerShell Deep Dives<\/p>\n
PowerShell for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrators<\/p>\n
PowerShell for SharePoint 2010 How-To<\/p>\n
PowerShell for SharePoint 2013 How-To<\/p>\n
PowerShell for Systems Administrators: Creating Tools | A Quick Start Guide for Turning Commands into Functions…<\/p>\n
PowerShell f?r die Windows-Administration: Ein kompakter und praxisnaher ?berblick (X.systems.press) (German Edition…<\/p>\n
PowerShell in Depth<\/p>\n
Powershell in Practice<\/p>\n
PowerShell Troubleshooting Guide<\/p>\n
PowerShell with App-V 5 (Volume 5)<\/p>\n
PowerShell: Anwendung und effektive Nutzung (shortcuts 125) (German Edition)<\/p>\n
PowerShell: Questions and Answers<\/p>\n
Pro Exchange 2013 SP1 PowerShell Administration: For Exchange On-Premises and Office 365<\/p>\n
Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services: DevOps for the AWS Cloud<\/p>\n
Pro PowerShell for Microsoft Azure<\/p>\n
Pro Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n
Professional Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n
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Scripting mit Windows PowerShell 2.0 – Der Einsteiger-Workshop (German Edition)<\/p>\n
Scripting mit Windows PowerShell 3.0 – Der Workshop (German Edition)<\/p>\n
Scripting SQL Management Objects in Windows PowerShell (Wrox Briefs)<\/p>\n
SQL Interoperability Joes 2 Pros: A Guide to Integrating SQL Server with XML, C#, and PowerShell (Sql Exam Prep…<\/p>\n
SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 2.0 – Crashkurs (German Edition)<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 2.0 Bible<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 2.0 kurz & gut (German Edition)<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 2.0 Scripting f?r Administratoren (German Edition)<\/p>\n
Windows Powershell 2.0: TFM<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 3.0 First Steps (Developer Reference)<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 3.0 kurz & gut (German Edition)<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step (Step by Step Developer)<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step 1st (first) Edition by Wilson, Ed published by MICROSOFT PRESS (2013)<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 4.0<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 4.0 (Step Up & Into)<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 4.0 for .NET Developers<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell 5 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Best Practices<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Cookbook: for Windows, Exchange 2007, and MOM V3<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Scripting Microsoft’s Command Shell<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Scripting Microsoft’s New Command Shell<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Revealed<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Fast Start: A Quick Start Guide for Windows PowerShell<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell for Developers<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell in Action<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O’Reilly))<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 3rd<\/p>\n
Windows Powershell Scripting And Toolmaking<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell Unleashed (2nd Edition)<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell v1.0: TFM, 2nd Edition<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell(TM) Scripting Guide<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell: TFM<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell: The Personal Trainer for Windows PowerShell 3.0 and Windows PowerShell 4.0<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell? 2.0 Administrators Pocket Consultant: Administrator’s Pocket Consultant<\/p>\n
Windows PowerShell? 2.0 Best Practices (IT Best Practices – Microsoft Press)<\/p>\n
Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook<\/p>\n
Windows? PowerShell Unleashed<\/p>\n
WMI Query Language via PowerShell: Explore the Basics of WMI Query Language, Types of WMI Queries, and using PowerShell…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Windows PowerShell Development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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