What Is PowerShell
- PowerShell is an extensible automation engine.
- Strength
- Incredibly Powerful
- Extensive Industry Support
- Active Community
- Weakness
- Scripts tend to be static
- Script developers tend to think granularly
- Requires .NET programming knowledge to excel
PowerShell…
is an extensible automation engine from Microsoft. PowerShell has several key features that make it the perfect choice for automation. Users can accomplish in a few lines of PowerShell, what used to take 100’s of lines of traditional script.
PowerShell provides access to all .NET facilities and has extensive industry support to automate systems, both from Microsoft and third party vendors like VMware.
PowerShell has a very active community that provides an excellent resource of sample scripts and helpful suggestions.
