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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

Technical requirements


Most of the examples shown in this book are executed with Windows PowerShell 5.1. You can work with this latest Windows PowerShell version either by just using a Windows 10 machine, or by upgrading the PowerShell version of your current Windows environment. This is described later in this chapter, in the Windows PowerShell 5.1 section.

The following operating systems will be supported: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016.

The code for the book can be found at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learn-PowerShell-Core-6.0. It includes a folder for each chapter and additional installation instructions.

Some examples use PowerShell Core 6. You can download and install the latest PowerShell Core version at https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases.