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PowerShell Fast Track

Hacks for Non-Coders

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  • © 2022

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Authors:
  1. Vikas Sukhija

    1. Waterloo, Canada

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  • Covers examples and case studies to understand complex scripts
  • Contains small snippets and codes for efficient scripting
  • Discusses Active Directory and Exchange Online message tracking

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. PowerShell Basics

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 1-16

  3. Date and Logs

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 17-32

  4. Input to Your Scripts

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 33-36

  5. Interactive Input

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 37-46

  6. Adding Snapins/ Modules

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 47-64

  7. Sending Email

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 65-69

  8. Error Reporting

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 71-76

  9. Reporting

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 77-90

  10. Miscellaneous Keywords

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 91-98

  11. Gluing It All Together

    • Vikas Sukhija
    Pages 99-131

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 133-136
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About this book

Create complex scripts in PowerShell and learn how to connect them to cloud services like Azure and Azure AD. This book will help you learn PowerShell by providing small “cheat” snippets that you can combine to write efficient and effective scripts.

PowerShell Fast Track starts with the basics of PowerShell before moving on to discuss functions like date and logs, along with concepts such as inputs for your scripts. Author Vikas Sukhija then walks you through interactive input and Snapins modules, where you will learn GUI button prompts and how to import sessions. He’ll then show you how to report errors through email and log errors to a text file. Reporting CSV (Comma Separate Value) is discussed next, followed by a demonstration of miscellaneous functions, including how to connect your PowerShell scripts with Azure, SharePoint, Teams and other services. As you progress further, you’ll see how PowerShell provides powerful features for automation that can be leveragedfor managing your Teams workload. Finally, using practical examples, you will learn how to implement and create scripts for day-to-day usage. 

After reading this book, you will be able to hit the ground running and use PowerShell’s powerful features in your own work. 

What Will You Learn:

  • Utilize code Snippets to perform practical tasks
  • Combine the code to create more complex scripts.
  • Logging and reporting
  • Connect to various products such as Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and AzureAD

Who Is This Book For:

System administrators 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Waterloo, Canada

    Vikas Sukhija

About the author

Vikas Sukhija has over a decade of IT infrastructure experience with expertise in Messaging, Collaboration & IT automations utilizing PowerShell, PowerApps , Power Automate and other tools. He is currently working as a Global Director at Golden Five Consulting in Canada. He is also a Blogger, Architect, Microsoft MVP and is known by the name TechWizard. As an experienced professional he is assisting small to large enterprises in architecting, implementing, and automating Microsoft 365 and Azure.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: PowerShell Fast Track

  • Book Subtitle: Hacks for Non-Coders

  • Authors: Vikas Sukhija

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7759-1

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Vikas Sukhija 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-7758-4Published: 26 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-7759-1Published: 25 November 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 136

  • Number of Illustrations: 77 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET

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