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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

Introducing DSC


Desired State Configuration (DSC) was introduced with Windows Management Framework 4, and up until today is a Windows-only component. DSC will, like PowerShell, eventually be accompanied by DSC Core, but more on that later.

DSC is a configuration management framework that is delivered with its own keeper of consistency, the Local Configuration Manager (LCM). With Windows Management Framework 4, the LCM will be enabled and waiting for requests.

Desired State Configuration has the same requirements as each Windows Management Framework, and is available through Windows Update or as a separate download. Installing a Windows Management Framework version of 4.0 or higher will register additional Common Information Model (CIM) namespaces that the LCM uses. All operations targeting the LCM remotely rely on CIM remoting working.

Why Desired State Configuration?

As mentioned previously, Desired State Configuration is a configuration management framework. With DSC, many problems can be...