David das Neves - Learn PowerShell Core 6.0: Automate and control administrative tasks using DevOps principles

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David das Neves is a former software developer who has worked for Microsoft and works now as a Cloud Program Manager at Google. In his daily work he primarily helps enterprise customers to leverage the power of the Google Cloud Platform and to help them transform their businesses. Besides his work, he writes books and blog articles, organizes user groups, and speaks at conferences and other events all over the world.

He is very integrated in the PowerShell community, and he organizes the PowerShell user groups in Germany and Munich and speaks frequently at PowerShell conferences.

Jan-Hendrik Peters is an automation and DevOps professional by day and a developer for the AutomatedLab framework by night.

After working at an international retailer automating distributed POS support systems, he started working as a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft Germany, where he helps customers automate their infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud.

When he is not working, he likes to spend his time brewing his own beer, curing his own bacon, and generally doing manual labor.

Friedrich Weinmann helps companies with IT automation and code management tasks. He is an expert in PowerShell and knows his way around most Microsoft products.

He is actively engaged in the PowerShell community, running a user group, contributing to open source projects, maintaining several major projects himself, and speaking at other user groups and international conferences.

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The book you are currently reading is the collaborative effort of David and Jan-Hendrik and represents the accumulated knowledge of the authors use of PowerShell in corporate environments, ranging from medium-sized businesses to large international organizations. We will examine the past, present, and future of PowerShell and guide you through your journey of becoming a DevOps and security-minded PowerShell professional through dedicated chapters on security, DevOps, advanced scripting techniques, and accessing cloud resources.

This book is intended for IT professionals and developers who have already taken their first steps with PowerShell and now want to unlock their full potential. IT professionals and developers looking to automate simple to complex tasks will find this book useful as well. But even seasoned PowerShell users will find worthwhile information, as we deep-dive into many different topics throughout the book, such as performance and security.

, Current PowerShell Versions , introduces Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core and gives you a general overview of the past, present, and future of PowerShell.

, PowerShell ISE Versus VSCode , compares the different editors that are capable of editing and executing PowerShell code. We compare PowerShell ISE and VSCode comprehensively; VSCode is the de facto successor to PowerShell ISE.

, Basic Coding Techniques , goes over the basics of PowerShell scripting, such as cmdlets, using the pipeline, and PowerShell's type system. We will look into different language keywords and operators to get you going.