PowerShell Curious

A small little intro to PowerShell.

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1. PowerShell Curious by dlew
2. Who am I? And why am I here? I’m dlew. Hey. I’m here because you’re curious and that’s just awesome.
3. What is it?
4. Jeffrey Snover
5. Quick hits • cmdlet syntax • parameters • variables • pipeline
6. cmdlet syntax Verb-Noun
7. Get-Food Cook-Food Eat-Food
8. parameters Get-Food -Name “GarlicNaan”
9. variables $myPrecious = Get-Food –Name “GarlicNaan”
10. pipeline $myPrecious = Get-Food –Name “GarlicNaan” $myPrecious | Eat-Food
11. more pipeline Get-Food –Name “GarlicNaan” | Eat-Food
12. a word on verbs • List of “approved” verbs • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms714428(v=vs.85).aspx • Just google for “Powershell approved verbs”
13. 2 more words on verbs Get Set
14. So… Get-Service –Name “spooler” | Set-Service –Status Stopped aka sudo systemctl stop nginx or sudo service nginx stop
15. more quick hits • tab-completion • Intellisense • objects
16. to the command line!
17. rule the world with 3 cmdlets (mostly) • Get-Help • Get-Command • Get-Member
18. a word on versioning • Powershell v1.0 => Windows Server 2008 R1 • Powershell v2.0 => Windows Server 2008 R2 • Powershell v3.0 => Windows Server 2012 R1 • Powershell v4.0 => Windows Server 2012 R2 • Powershell v5.1 => Windows Server 2016 • Powershell v6.0 => beta • Things can be upgraded.
19. the future (of Powershell) From ANY client Manage ANY server Running on ANY cloud Or on-prem using: ANY hypervisor ANY storage and ANY networking
20. free stuff • Microsoft Virtual Academy • https://mva.microsoft.com/ • An Introduction to Powershell (published 3 weeks ago) • Getting Started with Powershell • youtube • Anything with Jeffrey Snover • Specifically… psconf.eu 2017 Keynote "State of the Union” • powershell.org
21. more free stuff • Podcasts • Arrested DevOps • DevOps In A Microsoft World With Jessica DeVite and Jeffrey Snover, ADO30; 2/12/2015 • DevOps Café Podcast • Ep. 36 – Guest: Jeffrey Snover; 11/27/2012 • PowerScripting Podcast • 320 episodes • Especially the first 10-ish
22. pay stuff • Pluralsight • Your First Day with Powershell • Jeff Hicks published 5/8/2017 • Powershell: Getting Started • Michael Bender, 9/4/2015
23. more pay stuff
24. Topics not appearing in this film • Functions • Modules • Powershell remoting • Powershell DSC • Pester • Tool Making • Using Powershell on Mac OSX and Linux
25. Contact info No facebook No twitter No blog So here’s an email… dlew5986@gmail.com I check it sometimes
26. Have fun powershelling!