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Explore the benefits of PowerShell

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Explore the benefits of PowerShell

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- [Instructor] In this chapter, we'll look at the benefits of Windows PowerShell, and the advantages of using PowerShell rather than the GUI. PowerShell is an established tool built into Windows and most Microsoft products. It includes a scripting language and a command line shell, allowing resources to be managed from the command line instead of the GUI. It can be used to configure, manage, and control all on-premises or Cloud based resources, Such as Windows Server 2019, and Office 365 users and mailboxes. The command line, or cmd, has been phased out in preference to the PowerShell Command shell. You can use PowerShell to type individual commands or use the PowerShell ISE, which is the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Engine, which allows you to build scripts which can be created and edited and then reused. PowerShell commands are known as command lets and they executive in a sequential manner, that is one after another. Scripts can be as simple as one command let, or hundreds of…

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