Publisher's Synopsis
Take PowerShell beyond simple scripts and build time-saving automations for your team, your users, and the world.
In Practical Automation with PowerShell you will learn how to:
Practical Automation in PowerShell reveals how you can use PowerShell to build automation solutions for a huge number of common admin and DevOps tasks. It takes you beyond scripting basics and shows you how to handle the unforeseen complexities that can keep automations from becoming reusable and resilient. You'll discover tools and platforms that let you share your automations with your team and even roll them out to non-technical users through easy-to-understand Sharepoint frontends.
In Practical Automation with PowerShell you will learn how to:
- Build PowerShell functions to automate common and complex tasks
- Create smart automations that are adaptable to new challenges
- Structure your code for sharing and reusability
- Store and secure your automations
- Execute automations with Azure Automation, Azure Functions, and Jenkins
- Share your automations with your team and non-technical colleagues
- Store and retrieve data, credentials, and variables
- Use source control solutions to maintain and test code changes
- Provide front-end UI solutions for PowerShell automations
Practical Automation in PowerShell reveals how you can use PowerShell to build automation solutions for a huge number of common admin and DevOps tasks. It takes you beyond scripting basics and shows you how to handle the unforeseen complexities that can keep automations from becoming reusable and resilient. You'll discover tools and platforms that let you share your automations with your team and even roll them out to non-technical users through easy-to-understand Sharepoint frontends.
