On pshell.info, I posted an article about SharePoint and PowerShell that shows how to use PowerShell with stsadm.exe. If you have worked with SharePoint a lot, you probably know stsadm. It is used for command line administration of SharePoint and to obtain information about users, sites, installed web parts, etc...

The problem with stsadm is that it returns XML that can be difficult to interpret and work with. PowerShell can help there with its support for XML as a datatype. Take a look at the article to find out more.

And by the way, credit where credit is due, I got inspired by this post on the Adventures in SPWonderland blog. Great blog so check it out.