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Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, 4th Edition

Covers Windows, Linux, and macOS
by Travis Plunk, James Petty, Tyler Leonhardt, Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks
The cover of Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches
4.6/5 on Goodreads
ISBN 9781617296963
Published in 2022
360 pages

Description

Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break.

In Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition you will learn:

  • Discoverability with the Help system
  • Background jobs and automation techniques
  • Simple scripting to automate repetitive tasks
  • Managing cloud services from major cloud providers
  • Extending PowerShell with commands
  • Common syntax and commands cheat sheet

Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition is a task-focused guide for administering your systems using PowerShell. It covers core language features and admin tasks, with each chapter a mini-tutorial you can easily complete in under an hour. Discover how PowerShell works on different operating systems, and start automating tasks so they take just a few seconds to complete. No previous scripting experience required.

The book is based on the bestselling Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by community legends Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks. PowerShell team members Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt and Microsoft MVP James Petty have updated this edition to the latest version of PowerShell, including its multi-platform expansion into Linux and macOS.