PowerShell Documentation

Welcome to the official Microsoft documentation for PowerShell. PowerShell is a cross-platform, open-source automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET framework.

Key Concepts

• Cmdlets: Specialized .NET classes that implement PowerShell commands. They are verb-noun pairs, like Get-Process or Set-Location.
• Providers: Allow you to access data stores, such as the registry or file system, as if they were file systems.
• Objects: PowerShell works with objects, not just text, allowing for more structured data manipulation.
• Pipelines: Connect commands to pass objects from one to another.

Featured Topics

• Exploring Cmdlets: A comprehensive guide to PowerShell's built-in commands.
• Writing PowerShell Scripts: Learn the basics of scripting, variables, loops, and conditional statements.
• Managing Modules: Discover how to find, install, and use PowerShell modules to extend functionality.

Example Snippet

# Get running processes and sort them by CPU usage
Get-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending | Select-Object -First 5 Name, CPU, WorkingSet

Resources

• PowerShell on GitHub
• Microsoft Learn PowerShell
• PowerShell Gallery