Power Up Your Automation and Administration with PowerShell
Key Features
Master PowerShell for efficient IT administration and configuration.
Explore practical scenarios with clear explanations and essential scripts.
Enhance automation skills to stay ahead in IT innovation.
Book Description
Unlock the power of PowerShell with this comprehensive guide, designed as your ultimate companion, the book is structured into three parts, each focusing on different aspects of PowerShell. You'll start with the basics and then explore PowerShell Core's unique features. Next, you'll delve into building blocks, pipelines, and data control with arrays, loops, and hash tables.
As you progress, you'll master PowerShell security and develop advanced functions to automate complex tasks. Further chapters will guide you through optimizing Windows administration, managing tasks and jobs, and exploring remoting features for efficient multi-system management.
Finally, you'll leverage PowerShell for cloud operations and integrate it seamlessly with the Microsoft ecosystem. This book provides a progressive journey in PowerShell automation, equipping you with essential skills for various tasks, from Windows administration to cloud operations.
What you will learn
Master PowerShell and PowerShell Core fundamentals, syntax, and cmdlets.
Develop robust scripts using variables, arrays, conditionals, loops, and hash tables.
Implement security best practices to safeguard data and systems.
Create advanced functions to streamline script development.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Fundamentals of PowerShell
1. Introduction to PowerShell
2. Introduction to PowerShell Core
3. PowerShell Building Blocks and Pipelines
Part 2 PowerShell Scripting and Automation
4. Data Control and Arrays Using Conditional Statements, Loops, and Hashtables
5. PowerShell Security
6. PowerShell Advanced Functions
7. Windows Administration Using PowerShell
Part 3 PowerShell Advanced Topics
8. PowerShell Tasks and Jobs
9. PowerShell Remoting
10. Managing Cloud Operations Using PowerShell
11. PowerShell and Microsoft Ecosystem
Index