PowerShell and DevOps

T16 From Cmdlet to Function - Your PowerShell Beginnings

August 6th, 2019

2:45pm - 4:00pm

Level: Introductory

Mike Nelson

Principal Technical Evangelist & Architect

Pure Storage

So you're new to this PowerShell thing, huh? And what is this PowerShell Core everyone is talking about? Well, PowerShell has definitely become a "must learn" scripting engine for just about everyone in IT. Microsoft and a vast eco community now have PowerShell as an API staple in their software distributions. Let's see how you can get to know a little bit about PowerShell, modules, and cmdlets. And then take it a bit further into creating your own functions and scripts showing how they all work together. Bring your laptop and follow along!

You will learn:

  • The components of PowerShell and PowerShell Core
  • How to use cmdlets, modules, and functions
  • Creating scripts and one-liners