Expand your expertise - and teach yourself the fundamentals of Windows PowerShell scripting, including features available in Windows PowerShell 5. If you are an IT professional, power user, or consultant, you’ll get the guidance, exercises, and code you need to master core techniques for automating Windows setup, deployment, and management.

Discover how to:

Run cmdlets and command-line utilities
Administer Windows-based servers and desktops with built-in cmdlets
Use providers to access external information
Write and run scripts from the Windows ISE
Create functions that are easy to maintain
Build standardised environments with profiles
Automate Windows systems with WMI, CIM cmdlets, and remoting
Automate Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
Debug scripts and handle errors
Run commands that survive interruptions
Use Desired State Configuration (DSC) to manage software services and their environments
Get powerful new modules from PowerShell Gallery

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