The document discusses PowerShell, detailing its history and development since 2001 and its official release in 2006. It highlights best practices for using PowerShell, such as avoiding aliases, writing useful comments, and keeping code simple. A list of references for further learning about PowerShell is also provided.

1. PowerShell from 50000 feet
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• Dutch PowerShell User Group
• Blogging
• GitHub
• PowerShell Gallery
• TechNet
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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