Beginning PowerShell for SharePoint 2016: A Guide for Administrators, Developers, and DevOps Engineers, Second Edition

©  Nikolas Charlebois-Laprade and John Edward Naguib 2017

Nikolas Charlebois-Laprade and John Edward Naguib, Beginning PowerShell for SharePoint 2016, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2884-5_3

3. PowerShell Basics

Nikolas Charlebois-Laprade¹  and

John Edward Naguib²

(1)Gatineau, Québec, Canada

(2)Cairo, Egypt

Throughout this book, it is assumed that readers have had some level of exposure to SharePoint but no experience whatsoever with the PowerShell technology. The content of this chapter will help readers become familiar with the core elements of PowerShell.

Here is a summary of what you will learn in the current chapter:

• How PowerShell sessions work

• The common PowerShell operators

• Customizing your PowerShell sessions

• How to extend the list of default available methods ...