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Want to do more in less time?
If you’re an IT professional, the answer is likely yes. The best way to achieve that goal is through automation.
In Practical Automation with PowerShell, you’ll learn how to write PowerShell scripts to create robust, efficient, easy-to-maintain automations that will stand the test of time.
Best of all, you’ll go beyond the how to the why, making the concepts you learn applicable to any automation language or platform.
You’ll learn to…
Create PowerShell scripts to automate common tasks
Combine multiple scripts into reusable modules
Automations through different platforms including Azure Automation, Azure Functions, and Jenkins
Store and retrieve variables, data, and credentials
Avoid common coding pitfalls when writing PowerShell for automation
Key Lessons
What will you do with all that extra time? In Chapter 5, explore how to save countless hours with remote execution.
Like TNT for your code… in a good way! In Chapter 6, discover how to add a bang to your smart code by creating dynamic if/else statements on the fly.
Think outside the ‘Shell. In Chapter 9, learn how to create a script for leveraging resources outside of PowerShell.
Pester your code now… so it won’t break later. In Chapter 13, delve into creating unit and integration tests with Pester, the popular PowerShell testing framework.
Power up with PowerShell: Recommendations by James Petty
Boost Your Productivity and Automation Skills.
James Petty is Director of Information Technology at TextRequest, a four-time Microsoft MVP, and CEO at DevOps Collective INC and PowerShell.org, a non-profit organization providing education around PowerShell, automation, and DevOps. He is the co-author of Learn Power in a Month of Lunches and Learn Power Scripting in a Month of Lunches with Manning Publications.