PowerShell: IT Pro Solutions

Covers all release versions of PowerShell. Practical and precise, this hands-on guide with ready answers is designed for IT professionals working with Microsoft products, whether for on-premises, hybrid or cloud support. Inside, you'll find expert insights, tips, tricks and workarounds that will show you how to make the most of PowerShell in the shortest amount of time possible. During the course of reading this book, you will master a number of complex topics, techniques, commands and functions.This book focuses on core PowerShell functionality: Passing startup parameters and initializing the environmentCreating and using scripts for everyday tasksParsing values, output streams and formatting outputCreating and using profiles, aliases and other shortcutsUsing snap-ins, providers, and modulesEnabling remoting, executing remote commands and establishing sessionsCreating background jobs and scheduling them to run automaticallyUsing expressions and operatorsWorking with variables, arrays, strings and other PowerShell structuresCreating aliases and functionsUnderstanding object types, methods and propertiesCreating and using objectsUsing transcripts to record activities at the promptExecuting blocks of commands as transactionsPerforming conditional execution with If statementsChecking for multiple conditions with switchControlling the flow of execution using loopsPowerShell: IT Pro Solutions can be used with the companion book, PowerShell for Administration. Read more