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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

System Center Configuration Manager


System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a client-managing tool that is primarily being used in enterprise companies with thousands of clients. Microsoft has started to make the transition from the traditional on-premises model, moving on to hybrid, up to cloud-only, scenarios. At first, this was initiated with Intune and Hybrid management. Nowadays, things are moving on to Co-management and Intune, on Azure scenarios. Due to Windows as a Service, which we also introduced in the Evergreen section in Chapter 7, Understanding PowerShell Security, SCCM is also updated very frequently. 

First, you have to set up the connection to your SCCM site server. From script, you have to import the SCCM PowerShell module, which can be accomplished as follows:

#Importing cmdlets from SCCM on the SCCM site server
Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path $env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH) ConfigurationManager.psd1) 

#Setting location to site server 
Set-Location PS1

If the site location...