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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

Commands and parameters


First of all, we need to clarify about the different naming conventions around commands. You have probably heard of Cmdlets, which technically refer to the compiled commands written in C#. In addition, there exist functions which are script-based commands and commands as  the regular commands used in PowerShell. A best practice is to use a combination of a verb, which describes an action, and a noun, describing an object or type. As an introduction, you should try to use the following cmdlets in VSCode. These cmdlets are the most basic ones, and you will probably use them daily:

#Example of a cmdlet
# Do-Something
# Verb-Noun

#Retrieving Help and examples
Get-Help

#Retrieves all commands 
Get-Command

#Shows full help about the cmdlet Get-Command
Get-Help Get-Command -Detailed

#Downloads and updates the help on this computer - needs Admin rights
Update-Help

#Shows typical example for the cmdlet Get-Command
Get-Help Get-Service -Examples

#All command containing...