Enhance your skills in expert module development, deployment, security, DevOps, and cloud
Key Features
- A step-by-step guide to get you started with PowerShell Core 6.0
- Harness the capabilities of PowerShell Core 6.0 to perform simple to complex administration tasks
- Learn core administrative concepts such as scripting, pipelines, and DSC
Book Description
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.
What you will learn
- Get to grips with Powershell Core 6.0
- Explore basic and advanced PowerShell scripting techniques
- Get to grips with Windows PowerShell Security
- Work with centralization and DevOps with PowerShell
- Implement PowerShell in your organization through real-life examples
- Learn to create GUIs and use DSC in production
Who this book is for
If you are a Windows administrator or a DevOps user who wants to leverage PowerShell to automate simple to complex tasks, then this book is for you. Whether you know nothing about PowerShell or just enough to get by, this guide will give you what you need to go to take your scripting to the next level. You’ll also find this book useful if you’re a PowerShell expert looking to expand your knowledge in areas such as PowerShell Security and DevOps.
Table of Contents
- Current PowerShell Versions
- PowerShell ISE Versus VSCode
- Basic Coding Techniques
- Advanced Coding Techniques
- Writing Reusable Code
- Working with Data
- Understanding PowerShell Security
- Just Enough Administration
- DevOps with PowerShell
- Creating Your Own PowerShell Repository
- VSCode and PowerShell Release Pipelines
- PowerShell Desired State Configuration
- Working with Windows
- Working with Azure
- Connecting to Microsoft Online Services
- Working with SCCM and SQL Server
- PowerShell Deep Dives
- Appendix: PowerShell ISE Hotkeys
David das Neves is a former software developer who has worked for Microsoft and works now as a Cloud Program Manager at Google. In his daily work he primarily helps enterprise customers to leverage the power of the Google Cloud Platform and to help them transform their businesses. Besides his work, he writes books and blog articles, organizes user groups, and speaks at conferences and other events all over the world. He is very integrated in the PowerShell community, and he organizes the PowerShell user groups in Germany and Munich and speaks frequently at PowerShell conferences.
Jan-Hendrik Peters is an automation and DevOps professional by day and a developer for the AutomatedLab framework by night. After working at an international retailer automating distributed POS support systems, he started working as a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft Germany, where he helps customers automate their infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud. When he is not working, he likes to spend his time brewing his own beer, curing his own bacon, and generally doing manual labor.
