PowerShell Essential Guide
Master the fundamentals of PowerShell scripting and automation (English Edition)
1st Edition
Published on 21. December 2023
310 pages
978-93-5551-760-9 (ISBN)
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Prashanth Jayaram | Rajendra Gupta
PowerShell Essential Guide
Master the Fundamentals of PowerShell Scripting and Automation
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12/2023
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewer
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introducing PowerShell
- Introduction
- Evolution of PowerShell
- .NET and PowerShell
- PowerShell key features
- PowerShell integration choices
- PowerShell with automation
- PowerShell in DevOps
- PowerShell adoption by cloud providers
- PowerShell in data science
- PowerShell and Python integration
- PowerShell and containers
- PowerShell and Windows command shell
- PowerShell and Bash shell
- Installing and configuring PowerShell
- Installing PowerShell 6.1
- Installing PowerShell 7.3 version
- Installing PowerShell on Linux
- Navigating PowerShell ISE
- Cloud shell
- Installing Visual Studio Code
- Conclusion
- 2. PowerShell Constructs
- Introduction
- Getting started with PowerShell
- Understanding objects
- Define class in PowerShell
- Understand static member and static methods
- Inheritance using PowerShell
- Command + Let in action
- Using help
- Compare Get-Help and man page
- Understanding PowerShell execution policy
- PowerShell execution policy scopes
- Command to set and view execution policy in PowerShell
- Recommendation on appropriate PowerShell execution policy
- Installing PowerShell modules
- Install a PowerShell module
- Learning PowerShell providers
- Learning PowerShell profiles
- Understand PowerShell profiles with examples
- Configuring PowerShell variables
- Using the CIM cmdlets
- Conclusion
- 3. Munging the Data Through Pipelines
- Introduction
- Pipelines in PowerShell
- Types of pipeline input
- Check which cmdlet accepts pipeline input
- How does the pipeline process multiple inputs
- Munging the data through pipelines
- Selecting columns from the output
- How to call property and methods in the select-object cmdlet
- Select-Object and derived columns
- Selecting objects with Select-Object -excluding property
- Limiting the number of output objects
- Selecting objects with -Unique parameter
- Expanding the properties within properties
- Filtering objects
- Compare hotfix between the two servers
- Grouping the output
- Sorting the output
- Taking action on the returned objects
- Understanding pipeline-enabled parameters
- Importing content with pipeline
- Conclusion
- 4. Data Control Flow Using Branches and Loops
- Introduction
- Using if-else conditions clause
- Using Switch-Case
- Learn to use delays in PowerShell
- Loop constructs in PowerShell
- Foreach loop
- While loop
- Do.while loop
- For loop
- Do.until loop
- Understanding arrays and hash tables
- Arrays
- Array operators
- Hash tables
- Conclusion
- 5. Learning about PowerShell Modules
- Introduction
- PowerShell module versus script/function
- Key concepts of the PowerShell module
- When to create a PowerShell module
- Loading modules
- Get-Module
- Remove-Module
- Update-Module
- Designing module manifest in Powershell
- Writing script modules
- Writing binary modules
- Writing dynamic module
- Install PowerShell modules in offline mode
- Importing a custom PowerShell module into remote session
- Handling command name conflicts
- Conclusion
- 6. Choosing Between PowerShell Core and PowerShell
- Introduction
- Introduction to PowerShell core
- .Net core
- Features of PowerShell core
- Installing PowerShell 7 on Ubuntu
- Understanding the difference between PowerShell and PowerShell core
- Knowing about unsupported modules
- Learning OpenSSH and remoting
- Key differences between OpenSSH and PowerShell
- Installing OpenSSH on Windows
- Configuring OpenSSH using sshd_config on Windows and Linux
- Testing PowerShell remoting
- Comparing the commands: Bash and PowerShell
- Conclusion
- 7. PowerShell Administration and Scripting
- Introduction
- Windows administration using PowerShell
- Top 10 Windows Admin PowerShell commands with examples
- Diverse parameter usage in PowerShell functions
- Using basic parameter
- Using default parameter values
- Using positional parameters
- Using switch parameters
- Using validation rules
- Parameter splatting
- Documenting your PowerShell
- Comment-based help
- Function comment-based help
- Running scripts
- Debugging and error handling
- $DebugPreference variable
- BreakPoints
- Useful commands when the debugger breaks
- Error handling in PowerShell
- Trap statement
- Try catch or trap which one to use!
- Using PowerShell jobs
- Understanding PowerShell remoting
- Querying Windows Management Instrumentation
- Common Information Model
- Conclusion
- 8. Using the Active Directory Module
- Introduction
- Getting started
- Use of PowerShell in Active Directory
- Importing the Active Directory
- Creating a user in Active Directory
- Adding users from a CSV file
- Retrieving AD group-related data
- Listing members of the AD group
- Finding locked Active Directory accounts
- Enabling Active Directory accounts
- Disabling users from a CSV file
- Disabling inactive user accounts
- Retrieving computer objects from Active Directory
- Listing service accounts in the specific group
- Conclusion
- 9. Building PowerShell GUI for Scripts
- Introduction
- Getting started PowerShell GUI
- Building PowerShell GUI for scripts
- Elements of Windows forms
- Adding elements to the form
- Label
- Button
- Text box
- List box
- Combo box
- Data grid
- Adding a custom function to a button
- Creating a simple addition form
- Creating a DiskSpace usage form
- Conclusion
- 10. Managing Cloud Operations Using PowerShell
- Introduction
- Getting started with PowerShell and Cloud
- Building cloud resources using Azure ARM templates
- Provisioning virtual machines
- Monitoring and analytics
- Listing Azure Virtual Machine details
- Retrieving Azure consumption usage
- Making API calls in PowerShell
- Learning AWS PowerShell modules
- Learning Google PowerShell module
- Loading Azure PowerShell modules
- Conclusion
- 11. Understanding PowerShell and Data Science
- Introduction
- Importance of PowerShell and Python
- PowerShell and data science
- Data preprocessing
- Data analysis
- Machine learning
- Data visualization
- Automation
- Integration with other tools
- Data extraction using .NET class libraries
- Using Python to import the data
- PowerShell in AI initiatives
- How PowerShell can be used for AIOPs
- Integrating PowerShell in Python
- Conclusion
- 12. Administrating Database Using PowerShell
- Introduction
- Understanding SQL Server and PowerShell
- SQL Server PowerShell provider
- SQL Server Managed Objects
- .Net Libraries for SQL
- Using JSON with PowerShell
- Using XML with PowerShell
- Writing output to an SQL server table
- Connect to PostgreSQL using PowerShell
- Introducing Azure Az cmdlets
- Introducing Azure Az.Sql cmdlets
- Conclusion
- Index
