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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

Exchange Online


Exchange Online is a Microsoft service for storing and controlling emails, dedicated for companies. It can be retrieved as a standalone service or in an O365 bundle. The following options are currently available:

https://products.office.com/en/exchange/compare-microsoft-exchange-online-plans:

For our examples, we are using an O365 subscription. There is also a GUI available to manage Exchange Online, but for bulk operations you should always prefer the programmatic approach with PowerShell.

The GUI can be found at the following link: https://outlook.office365.com/ecp/.

For our example, we are using a mostly empty tenant, and the GUI looks as follows:

First, we need to establish the connection from PowerShell to the online service. There are three connection URIs available, which you must know: