Windows Powershell 6

Finally, a hands-on, personalized guide to Windows PowerShell that covers all release versions including PowerShell 6, 5, 4 and 3 for Windows Server 2016, 2012 R2, 2012 as well as Windows 10, 8.1 and 7 Practical and precise, this guide provides ready answers and 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 Windows 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, including: Passing startup parameters and initializing the environment

Creating and using scripts for everyday tasks

Parsing values, output streams and formatting output

Creating and using profiles, aliases and other shortcuts

Using snap-ins, providers, and modules

Enabling remoting and establishing sessions

Creating background jobs and scheduling them to run automatically

Using expressions and operators Working with variables, arrays, strings and more

Creating aliases and functions

Understanding object types, methods and properties

Creating and using objects

Using transcripts to record activities at the prompt

Executing blocks of commands as transactions

Performing conditional execution with If statements

Checking for multiple conditions with switch

Controlling the flow of execution using loopsThis book zeroes in on core PowerShell structures with a laser focus, giving you a clear and concise handbook for the essentials. Buy the book today and begin your journey to PowerShell mastery. And if you