This is a short presentation intended to give an overview of the capabilities of PowerShell and how it can be best utilized in professional environments.

1. PowerShell from 50000 feet
Jaap Brasser
@jaap_brasser

2. jaapbrasser.com/about
• PowerShell Conferences
• Dutch PowerShell User Group
• Blogging
• GitHub
• PowerShell Gallery
• TechNet
@Jaap_Brasser

3. Why
PowerShell ?

4. Agenda
History and development of PowerShell
Components in PowerShell
Best practices

5. What is PowerShell
• Development started in 2001
• First released in 2006
• Created by a team led by Jeffrey Snover
• Was initially codenamed Monad
• It is written: PowerShell

6. Components of PowerShell

7. Best Practices
Do not use
aliases
01
Write useful
comments
02
Do not use one-
liners outside of
console
03
Write ‘simple’
code if possible
04
Write multiple
small functions
instead of a do-
it-all script
05
Know when to
ask for help
06

8. References
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell
• https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/
• www.powershell.org
• www.powershell.com
• www.powershellmagazine.com
• https://channel9.msdn.com/Search?term=powershell
• https://jaapbrasser.com/how-to-learn-powershell