SQL Server 2014 with PowerShell v5 Cookbook

Appendix A. PowerShell Primer

In this appendix, we will cover the following topics:

• Understanding the need for PowerShell
• Setting up the environment
• Running PowerShell scripts
• Learning PowerShell basics
• Understanding a scripting syntax
• Converting scripts into functions
• Listing notable PowerShell features
• Learning more about PowerShell

Introduction

This appendix is a very short primer to get you up and running with PowerShell. We cover the basics of the language and syntax; however, we will not go into in-depth details and variations.