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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

Version 5


Still today, most enterprise companies use more Windows 7 clients than clients on Windows 10. As support for Windows 7 ends in January 2020, most customers are currently in a complex migration process. You are probably facing new challenges that come with application compatibility and Windows as a Service. With Windows 10, PowerShell version 5.1 is automatically shipped. However, from our experience, a lower PowerShell version is being used on Windows 7 machines because customers did not update it.

As you have learned from the Chapter 1, Current PowerShell Versions, the lastest version of Windows PowerShell is version 5.1. You have also learned how to update the PowerShell version on these Windows 7 machines and any of the following list:

  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 7 SP1

This step is of crucial importance and we can recognize this fact by taking a dedicated look at an excerpt of the release notes:

  • Support for enforced ConstrainedLanguageMode...