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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

Evergreen


This brings us to the next topic, which is a frequently used buzzword today: Evergreen. As previously described, it is important to update to the latest PowerShell version. But in security, this is for sure not all. All possible vulnerabilities will continuously be fixed by patches. Updating to PowerShell version 5 for the whole company might be a good starting point, but in general we are speaking about the complete Evergreen process. Evergreen in a simplified way stands for the continuous update process of:

  • Software
  • The operating system 
  • Drivers

It is frequently used in the context of Office 365 or Windows 10 with Windows as a Service. By staying Evergreen, you will have the latest patches installed and be using the software with the latest features, as these ones are progressing drastically and many new security features are being invented and integrated into the products themselves. We will take a more dedicated look here at Windows 10 security, but this is going to be a continuous...