Are you looking to automate your day-to-day administration tasks and unleash the power of PowerShell? With PowerShell now open-source and cross-platform, it has become an essential technology for administrators to learn to become more efficient and productive.
If you're seeking a practical PowerShell book that provides useful real-world commands rather than long paragraphs of text, look no further. This book is designed with a step-by-step layout, starting with fundamental PowerShell commands and gradually building upon them. The second half of the book offers example code, allowing you to manage and retrieve information about your systems while applying PowerShell commands to your IT environment.
By reading this book and running the commands, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of what PowerShell can do. The aim is to get you up and running as quickly as possible, with example code tailored to the area you're interested in. If you want to manage your IT environment from a command-line shell environment, automate manual tasks, and learn a new skill, this book is for you.
It's worth noting that this book is code-heavy, meaning that you'll learn best by running, testing, and changing the code provided. This approach will enable you to build your knowledge and create your own PowerShell code repository in no time.
This book caters to various target audiences, including beginners who are intimidated by scripting and lines of code, PowerShell newbies who are overwhelmed and unsure of where to start, and administrators, users, or students who need to learn useful real-world commands to get up and running with PowerShell.
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