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This document provides an introduction to PowerShell, including its purpose for automating tasks and managing infrastructure. It discusses prerequisites like .NET Framework 4.0 and Windows Management Framework 3.0. It also covers installing PowerShell, opening the PowerShell console and ISE editor, basic features, updating help files, and setting the execution policy.

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Module 1 (Introduction To Powershell) : Us/download/details - Aspx?id 34595

This document provides an introduction to PowerShell, including its purpose for automating tasks and managing infrastructure. It discusses prerequisites like .NET Framework 4.0 and Windows Management Framework 3.0. It also covers installing PowerShell, opening the PowerShell console and ISE editor, basic features, updating help files, and setting the execution policy.

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Module 1(Introduction to Powershell)

Introduction:
 A shell is user interface that provides access to various services of an operating System. A
shell can be command-line based or it can include GUI.
 Windows PowerShell (.ps1) is a “Shell” developed by Microsoft for purpose of performing
various user/admin tasks in windows based operating systems.
 Linux Shell (.sh) is a “Shell” developed by Redhat for the same purpose
Purpose:
• Improve management and automation
• Reduce lot of human efforts and prone errors
• Manage large scale infrastructure
Pre-Requisites:
• NET Framework 4.0
• Windows Management Framework 3.0
1. Updated BITS service
2. WinRM for remoting
3. Enhanced WMI
4. Server manager CIM provider
5. PowerShell 3.0
• Double-check requirements on download page
Installing Powershell:
• Download Windows Management framework 3.0 at https://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=34595
• Windows XP and Server 2003 can run V2
• PowerShell V2 – Window 7 and Server 2008
• PowerShell V3 – Windows 8 and Server 2012
• PowerShell V4 – Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2
• PowerShell V5 – Windows 10 and upcoming versions

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Opening Powershell:
• Start-> Run -> Powershell
• Search -> Powershell
• Start->Search-> Powershell
Opening Powershell ISE:
• Start-> Run -> Powershell ISE
• Search -> Powershell ISE
• Start->Search-> Powershell ISE
Features of Powershell ISE:
• Scripting editor
– Tab completion
– Intellisense
– Snippets
– Expandable regions
– Color coding
– Instant F1 help
– Basic debugger
•Interactive management
• console
– Tab completion
– Intellisense
– Multiple tabs
– Remoting tabs
•Integrated Show-Command
Update Help:
When you open the Powershell Console for the first time, update the help file.
Command:
Update-Help -force

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Save Help:
We can also save help files in a folder by using following command
Save-Help folderpath
Update-Help -PSPath folderpath –requires Elevated Access
Getting familiar with Shell:
Cmdlets : Verb – Noun
Native commands work! Examples – Ping, IPConfig, calc, notepad, mspaint
cls - Clear-Host
cd - Set-Location
dir, ls - Get-Childitem
type, cat - Get-Content
Copy, cp - Copy-item
Get-Service
Get-Eventlog
Get-Process
Execution Policy:
The PowerShell execution policy prevents unintended or accidental execution of a
PowerShell scripts.
• By default, PowerShell does not run scripts.
• Get/Set-ExecutionPolicy
• Restricted
• Unrestricted
• AllSigned
• RemoteSigned
• Bypass
• Undefined
• Can be set with Group Policy

**Setting execution policy requires Elevated Access

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