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Mastering PowerShell Scripting - Fifth Edition - 5th Edition by Chris Dent (Paperback)

Name: Mastering PowerShell Scripting - Fifth Edition - 5th Edition by Chris Dent (Paperback)
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Master PowerShell to automate real-world administrative tasks, streamline workflows, and enhance security across Windows environmentsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook.Key Features: - Build practical scripts to automate system tasks, manage files, users, and services, and optimize daily operations- Leverage PowerShell's advanced features for error handling, modular scripting, and secure automation- Apply best practices to create reusable, maintainable, and production-ready automation workflowsBook Description: Mastering PowerShell Scripting, Fifth Edition, is your comprehensive guide to harnessing PowerShell's full potential.
Author(s): Chris Dent
826 Pages
Computers + Internet, System Administration

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About the Book

This all-inclusive guide begins at the basics and covers advanced concepts, equipping you with tips to become an expert in PowerShell Core 7.3 scripting.

Book Synopsis

Master PowerShell to automate real-world administrative tasks, streamline workflows, and enhance security across Windows environments

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook.

Key Features:

- Build practical scripts to automate system tasks, manage files, users, and services, and optimize daily operations

- Leverage PowerShell's advanced features for error handling, modular scripting, and secure automation

- Apply best practices to create reusable, maintainable, and production-ready automation workflows

Book Description:

Mastering PowerShell Scripting, Fifth Edition, is your comprehensive guide to harnessing PowerShell's full potential. This edition introduces new chapters on debugging, troubleshooting, and creating GUIs while covering the latest enhancements in PowerShell 7.3, including parameters, objects, and .NET classes.

The book takes you from foundational concepts to advanced techniques, covering asynchronous processing, desired state configuration, and managing large datasets. You'll explore PowerShell's automation features, error-handling strategies, and integration with external services. Additionally, this guide provides practical insights into working with regular expressions, Windows Management Instrumentation, and complex scripting methods.

By the end of this book, you'll have the skills to efficiently automate tasks, troubleshoot scripts, and leverage PowerShell's advanced capabilities for real-world scenarios.

Be sure to explore the online bonus chapters 8, 9, and 20, where we dive into Strings, Numbers, and Dates, Regular Expressions, and Building Modules.

What You Will Learn:

- Create scripts that run across systems for automation

- Extend PowerShell by integrating it with other languages

- Use PowerShell's command-line interface for efficient operations

- Develop reusable scripts and functions to streamline tasks

- Apply PowerShell for administration, automation, and data processing

- Integrate with .NET, COM, and WMI for advanced functionality

- Work with XML, JSON, and CSV for structured data handling

- Build custom modules and cmdlets to enhance scripting

(N.B. Please use the Read Sample option to see further chapters)

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.25 Inches (H) x 7.5 Inches (W) x 1.64 Inches (D)

Weight: 3.07 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 826

Genre: Computers + Internet

Sub-Genre: System Administration

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Theme: Windows Administration

Format: Paperback

Author: Chris Dent

Language: English

Street Date: May 24, 2024

TCIN: 94346778

UPC: 9781805120278

Item Number (DPCI): 247-25-2927

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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