Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "The old work items in the working database (the database name is ServiceManager by default) slows down the console and provides a negative experience for the service management team."

A block of code is set as follows:

$date = $date.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy") # 24.09.2016

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Select Work Items | Review and adjust retention times (in days) to reflect how long the items should be kept in the SCSM database."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.