By now you have probably heard that Powershell is a ‘must have’ for all SharePoint 2010 Administrators.

Todd Klindt has a presentation on getting started with Windows Powershell on technet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee518673.aspx

When I first started learning Java, I thought that writing code in notepad was sort of limiting. The same holds true for Powershell.

Powershell 2.0 provides another method for creating powershell scripts: Powershell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). I first heard about Powershell ISE in SharePoint 2010 Ignite Training. (The course was presented by Microsoft and CriticalPath Training http://www.criticalpathtraining.com ).

ISE is a must have for debugging and stepping through scripts. If you want to get familiar with this, you will find this in your Windows PowerShell folder under Accessories.

If you don’t see it, don’t forget to add the feature (assuming you are running Server 2008)!