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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

Summary


In this chapter, you learned about some deep dives around PowerShell. In addition, we also added some further links for additional information and examples. The next thing for you to do is practice, practice, practice. You may have learned about many new topics and techniques, and you will therefore need to improve this knowledge continuously.

Take a look at the current momentum and the continuous developments regarding PowerShell. PowerShell is improving day by day, as you can see by the number of issues and pull requests on GitHub, and it is being used in more and more scenarios. We recommend you to also take a look on Twitter to follow PowerShell experts who are sharing their most current contributions and knowledge.

 

As a good first step, you could start following the PowerShell team. Furthermore, you may have the chance to join a PowerShell Conference or meetups—PowerShell Conference Europe (PSConfEU), PowerShell Conference Asia (PSConfAsia), PowerShell Summit, and so on. You...