PowerShell for SQL Server Essentials

The PowerShell environment

There are two environments that come with PowerShell when you install it: the PowerShell console and the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE). These environments have improved a lot since the first version and should be more than sufficient for you to start working with PowerShell. If you prefer a different environment, there are other PowerShell editors out there. Some editors are free and some commercial. Some vendors that provide PowerShell editors are Idera (PowerShell Plus), Dell (PowerGUI), and SAPIEN Technologies (PowerShell Studio 2014).

Note

This book uses the current released version at the time of writing, which is PowerShell v4. The screenshots you will see in this book reflect the screens in PowerShell ...