Learn PowerShell Core 6.0: Automate and control administrative tasks using DevOps principles
by: David das Neves – Jan-Hendrik Peters
ISBN-10: 178883898X
ISBN-13: 9781788838986
Released: 2018-07-26
Pages: 552
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.
Contents
1: CURRENT POWERSHELL VERSIONS
2: POWERSHELL ISE VERSUS VSCODE
3: BASIC CODING TECHNIQUES
4: ADVANCED CODING TECHNIQUES
5: WRITING REUSABLE CODE
6: WORKING WITH DATA
7: UNDERSTANDING POWERSHELL SECURITY
8: JUST ENOUGH ADMINISTRATION
9: DEVOPS WITH POWERSHELL
10: CREATING YOUR OWN POWERSHELL REPOSITORY
11: VSCODE AND POWERSHELL RELEASE PIPELINES
12: POWERSHELL DESIRED STATE CONFIGURATION
13: WORKING WITH WINDOWS
14: WORKING WITH AZURE
15: CONNECTING TO MICROSOFT ONLINE SERVICES
16: WORKING WITH SCCM AND SQL SERVER
17: POWERSHELL DEEP DIVES
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
Authors
David das Neves
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
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.
