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Free eBook from Microsoft's Scripting Guy: Windows PowerShell Networking Guide

Don Jones
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Ed Wilson, Microsoft’s Scripting Guy, has created a free ebook, _Windows PowerShell Networking Guide. _It’s designed to provide a super-quick PowerShell crash course, and then show you how to  manage various networking scenarios by using the shell.
And it’s free! Just click the link to get your copy - and please, tell a friend!
PoshNetworking.pdf

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