Spiceworld2023.md

Be immediately effective in PowerShell

Based on timing plan - you have 15 minutes of padding

Don't fear the shell - Jason (Intros + Don't Fear - 20 min)

• Native command
• Verb-Noun
• Aliases
• Help & Get-Command
• Using PSDrives

Installing PowerShell 7 - Sean - 15 min

• Why is it not in Windows? - Jason
• See install docs
• Github Assets - click download button and show assets
• Side-by-side with PS5.1
  • Migrating from Windows PowerShell 5.1 to PowerShell 7
  • Differences between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.x
  • Release history of modules and cmdlets
  • about Windows PowerShell Compatibility

Command discovery - Jeff/Jason/Sean - 20 min

• Module Overview -Jason
  • Built-in
  • Ship with MS Products (Windows, SQL, etc.)
  • Intro PSGallery
• Finding commands on your system - Jeff
  • Get-Command
  • Module commands - get-module, import-module
• Finding modules to install - Sean
  • Module Browser
    • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/
  • PS Gallery search
    • https://www.powershellgallery.com/
    • PSResourceGet - https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.psresourceget/?view=powershellget-3.x

Help & Docs - Sean - 20 min

• PowerShell Help System
  • Get-Help and Update-Help
  • Understanding Syntax
• Online documentation
  • How to find help
• Other help options - https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/#community-resources
  • StackOverflow, Discord/Slack, Spiceworks, PowerShell.org
    • https://community.spiceworks.com/programming/powershell
    • https://aka.ms/psslack
    • https://aka.ms/psdiscord
• PowerShell blogs

Interactive vs. Automation - 30 min -

• Other hosts - Jason

  • Windows Terminal vs. Conhost
  • VS Code
  • Cloud Shell

• Scripting Basics - Jeff

  • What is a PowerShell script
  • Execution policy & unblock (mark of the web for Windows and macOS)
  • Using variables
  • Using VS Code & PS Extension

• PowerShell remoting for scale-out - Jeff

  • What is it?
  • Alternate credentials
  • Using Invoke-Command

Intelligent shell - Jason/Sean - 30 min

• PSReadLine - Jason
• Tab completion - Jason
• Predictors - Jason
• Putting all together in your Profile - Sean
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/learn/shell/optimize-shell
  • What is the Profile?
  • Configuring PSReadLine
  • Come to Sean's session for profiles

Automating with PowerShell - Jeff - land us - 30 min

• Console first
• Creating a basic script
• Script to basic function
• Basic function to advanced function
• Function to module