What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started with Windows PowerShell, covers the basics of Windows PowerShell, the importance of object-based shells, and how ISE helps us in building scripts.

Chapter 2, Unleashing Development Skills Using Windows PowerShell 5.0, explores XML and COM automation and NET objects for Admin and Development tasks. You will also get acquainted with the PowerShell modules and how script debugging works.

Chapter 3, Exploring Desired State Configuration, gets you started with Desired State Configuration (DSC) concepts such as installing WMF 5.0 April 2015 Preview, Imperative versus declarative programming and their significant features. It also explores Windows Remote Management and CIM, and teaches you to create configurations scripts.

Chapter 4, PowerShell and Web Technologies, starts with the installation and configuration of Web Access, and explores Web requests, services, and REST API.

Chapter 5, Exploring Application Programming Interface, covers the key benefits of the API and using it in Windows PowerShell, Exchange Web Services, LYNC Client-side API, and SharePoint Client Side Object Model; you'll walk through a demo to create a PowerShell module in C# for office servers.