Windows PowerShell Command Types, Snap-ins, and cmdlets - Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell - page 24

❑ Management

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Security

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Utility

❑ Diagnostics

❑ WSMAN.Management

Execute the following PowerShell cmdlet to see all the snap-ins that are loaded into the current Power-
Shell environment, as shown in Figure 2-16.

Get-PSSnapin

Figure 2-16

The following sections describe each of the snap-ins and their cmdlets. Most of the cmdlets listed here are
described and demonstrated throughout the remaining chapters. The following section provides basic
information about how to get all the cmdlets available in each snap-in.

You can also check Appendix A for more details about each cmdlet in each snap-in.

Core
The namespace of the Core snap-in is Microsoft.PowerShell.core. This snap-in contains cmdlets related
to the PowerShell engine, such as aliases, environments, variables, and functions.

You can find all the cmdlets available in the namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.core using the simple
cmdlet shown in Figure 2-17.