A clear and concise depiction of the best parts of PowerShell.

—Justin Coulston, Intellectual Technology

PowerShell is both an administrative shell and a scripting language that lets you control and manage nearly every aspect of Windows, from Azure to SharePoint. As a fully-featured programming language, PowerShell is also a powerful toolkit for building custom scripts to automate Windows administration tasks both large and small! It’s a fantastic platform for building reusable tools and utilities that make everyday administration faster and easier.

Learn PowerShell Scripting in a Month of Lunches teaches you how to automate the administration of Windows and most Windows servers using PowerShell. Inside you’ll discover how scripting is different from command-line PowerShell, with concrete examples of techniques you can apply immediately. You’ll master good habits for elegant, efficient, and error-free scripting along with best practices and easy-to-digest tips that any professional PowerShell scripter needs. You’ll also explore the process of developing, testing, and deploying scripts and tackle the art of PowerShell toolmaking.

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WHAT'S INSIDE

A crash course in PowerShell scripting

Designing and building functions and script modules

Effective pipeline usage

Dealing with errors and squashing bugs

Professional-grade scripting practices

Written for developers and administrators comfortable with PowerShell as a command-line interface and familiar with Windows administration in general.

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