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Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

By : David das Neves, Jan-Hendrik Peters
Book Image

Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

By: David das Neves, Jan-Hendrik Peters

Overview of this book

Beginning with an overview of the different versions of PowerShell, Learn PowerShell Core 6.0 introduces you to VSCode and then dives into helping you understand the basic techniques in PowerShell scripting. You will cover advanced coding techniques, learn how to write reusable code as well as store and load data with PowerShell. This book will help you understand PowerShell security and Just Enough Administration, enabling you to create your own PowerShell repository. The last set of chapters will guide you in setting up, configuring, and working with Release Pipelines in VSCode and VSTS, and help you understand PowerShell DSC. In addition to this, you will learn how to use PowerShell with Windows, Azure, Microsoft Online Services, SCCM, and SQL Server. The final chapter will provide you with some use cases and pro tips. By the end of this book, you will be able to create professional reusable code using security insight and knowledge of working with PowerShell Core 6.0 and its most important capabilities.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

DSC Core


The verdict is not yet out on DSC Core, but from what we have seen in the DSC Future Direction Update (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2017/09/12/dsc-future-direction-update/), DSC Core will be a lot more adaptable and able to operate at a cloud level.

The main benefit of the as yet unreleased DSC Core is a portable LCM without any ties to WMI or WMF. It is thought that it will to rely on PowerShell Core and .NET Core.

DSC Core will introduce some partially breaking changes, such as a completely new set of cmdlets. Existing configuration scripts should be adaptable, which will likely depend on the resources used.