Learning PowerShell Core

Learning PowerShell Core

1h 21mBeginner2019-09-23

Authors

Adam Bertram

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

Introduction

  • Get started with PowerShell Core
  • What you should know
  • What you should have

Installing PowerShell

  • Installing Powershell Core on Windows
  • Install Powershell Core on Linux

Discovering PowerShell

  • Running commands
  • Getting help
  • The pipeline

Using PowerShell

  • Finding and using modules
  • PowerShell Gallery
  • Install, uninstall and update modules
  • Functions

Remote Resource Management

  • PowerShell remoting on Windows
  • PowerShell remoting on Linux

Windows PowerShell vs. PowerShell Core

  • Cross-platform challenges
  • The WindowsCompatibility module

Get Scripting

  • From console to script
  • Building tools - Gathering information
  • Building tools - The power of scripting

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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