Windows Server 2019 & PowerShell All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 1

Introducing PowerShell

IN THIS CHAPTER

Beginning to use PowerShell, components, and concepts

Using PowerShell day to day

Using PowerShell to remotely administer systems

Getting help in PowerShell

Addressing security issues with PowerShell

PowerShell is the wave of the future. As server automation becomes more commonplace, there will be a much higher demand for a system administrator who has PowerShell skills. Additionally, remote administration with PowerShell reduces the need to interact with the graphical user interface (GUI) and can allow you to make changes to one or many systems from your workstation.

This chapter covers the basics of PowerShell, from the beginning terminology to using PowerShell remoting.

Understanding the Basics of PowerShell

Before you start using a scripting language, you need to learn it. In this section, I fill you in on the basics of PowerShell so the rest of this chapter makes sense.

Objects

In PowerShell, an object is a single instance ...