What is PowerShell? | Microsoft documentation reference. Lots of good subtopics. |
Windows PowerShell Language Specification Version 3.0 | Microsoft resource (downloadable Word document). Don’t worry, it’s only 334 pages. |
Installing PowerShell on Windows | Download location |
Download Visual Studio Code | The future of PowerShell is PowerShell Core, and the environment to develop PowerShell code is VS Code. |
How to check the PowerShell version & install a new version | $PSVersion (execute at the PowerShell prompt) |
How to Check your PowerShell Version | All the Ways! |
How to Install or Update PowerShell to the Latest Version in Windows 10 | |
How To Check PowerShell Version in Windows 10 | |
About Execution Policies | System changes are likely required before one can run PowerShell code. –Get-ExecutionPolicy -List –Determine current policy –Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser Unrestricted — Override/change the default of “Restricted”, which writes to the Registry. –Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser Restricted –Return to the original value |
The Guide to Learning PowerShell Learn How To Start Using PowerShell Explore Example Scripts View Advanced Topics (bunch of video links, too) | Whitepaper by Tobias Weltner, sponsored by |
The Complete Guide to PowerShell Punctuation | by Michael Sorens at |
The Poster of the Plethora of PowerShell Pitfalls | Also by Michael Sorens He also references PowerShell Traps and The Big Book of PowerShell Gotchas |
PowerShell Cheat Sheet | by CompariTech |
PowerShell Cheat Sheet v4.0 And here’s their PowerShell Primer also | SANS Institute |
PowerShell Master Class | YouTube playlist (10 videos in the series) by John Savill |
Create Microsoft 365 user accounts with PowerShell | Microsoft reference |
PowerShell Notes for Professionals | 72 chapters, that’s all. |
Links to a bunch of free PowerShell ebooks | from the DevOps Collective, Inc. |
PowerShell.org | Free ebooks and much more |
PowerShell Succinctly | Free ebook by Rui Machado sponsored by Syncfusion |
PowerShell Gallery | The central repository for sharing and acquiring PowerShell code including PowerShell modules, scripts, and DSC resources. |
Scripting Center | “Get started with Microsoft developer tools and technologies. Explore our samples and discover the things you can build.” |
I’ve Got a PowerShell Secret: Adding a GUI to Scripts | by Dr. Scripto |
PowerShell resources at Idera | |
An Introduction to PowerShell for a DBA | by Alex Chamchourine at SQLServerCentral |
Add Excellent Comments to Your PowerShell Script | by Ed Wilson, the Microsoft Scripting Guy |
PowerShell Community | A place for the community to learn PowerShell and share insights. |
PowerShell Core | Microsoft documentation. This section contains the help topics for the cmdlets that are installed with PowerShell Microsoft.PowerShell.Core module. |
PowerShell Magazine | Online, of course |
My PowerShell crib notes | PDF format Word format |