Learning PowerShell Core

1h 21mBeginner2019-09-23

Authors

Adam Bertram

IT influencer, Microsoft MVP, blogger, and trainer

Course details

PowerShell Core—the latest iteration of the powerful scripting language—is open-source, cross-platform, and full of helpful features. In this course, instructor Adam Bertram helps you get up and running with PowerShell Core, explaining what you need to know to use PowerShell to automate a variety of day-to-day IT tasks. Adam covers the basics of working with PowerShell Core, including how to run commands, install and update modules, and work with basic functions. Plus, he highlights the differences between Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core.

Learning objectives
The PowerShell pipeline
Finding and using modules
Downloading modules from the PowerShell Gallery
PowerShell remoting on Windows and Linux
Windows PowerShell vs. PowerShell Core
Going from console to script
Building a simple script

Skills covered

PowerShellIT AutomationLearningNetwork and System AdministrationMicrosoft

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Get started with PowerShell Core
02 - What you should know
03 - What you should have

1. Installing PowerShell

04 - Installing Powershell Core on Windows
05 - Install Powershell Core on Linux

2. Discovering PowerShell

06 - Running commands
07 - Getting help
08 - The pipeline

3. Using PowerShell

09 - Finding and using modules
10 - PowerShell Gallery
11 - Install, uninstall and update modules
12 - Functions

4. Remote Resource Management

13 - PowerShell remoting on Windows
14 - PowerShell remoting on Linux

5. Windows PowerShell vs. PowerShell Core

15 - Cross-platform challenges
16 - The WindowsCompatibility module

6. Get Scripting

17 - From console to script
18 - Building tools - Gathering information
19 - Building tools - The power of scripting

Conclusion

20 - Next steps