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Unfortunately, there are no “freely available” eBooks on PowerShell 2.0 from Microsoft.  The two current books that we have available on version 2.0 are below.

• Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Practices
  http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780735626461.do
• Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Administrators Pocket Consultant
  http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780735625952.do

We do have an OLDER PowerShell eBook available (1.0) for download here, which includes demo files and code:

• Windows PowerShell eBook (Microsoft Switzerland)
  http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/9/4/a94270c7-ed16-4c72-8280-658c66315719/Windows%20Powershell%20-%20EN.zip
• Associated Demo files for Windows PowerShell eBook
  http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/9/4/a94270c7-ed16-4c72-8280-658c66315719/PowerShell-Demofiles.zip

In the meantime, you may want to review the following FREE eBooks on PowerShell v2.0:

• The Windows PowerShell Owner’s Manual: Version 2.0
• Mastering PowerShell
• PowerShell 2.0 One Cmdlet at a Time
• The Administrator Crash Course: Windows PowerShell v2
• Layman’s Guide to PowerShell 2.0 Remoting
• Administrator’s Guide to Windows PowerShell Remoting
• WMI Query Language via PowerShell
• Effective Windows PowerShell

Also DZone created this quick reference chart for PowerShell users:

• Refcardz: Windows PowerShell
  http://refcardz.dzone.com/refcardz/windows-powershell