Want to learn PowerShell, where to start?

Brumboy · 24 Jan 2020 at 16:09

Hi everyone,

So I'm looking to learn PowerShell. I've had a look at some resources and came across:

https://www.udemy.com/course/powershell-51-and-6/

https://www.udemy.com/course/powershell-for-active-directory-administrators/

https://www.manning.com/books/learn-windows-powershell-in-a-month-of-lunches-third-edition

I was wondering if the above resources would be a good place to start learning PowerShell?

Also, I will require a "lab", so would a VM created in Hyper V be sufficient to use it as a playground for the courses? I would also need to install AD on that VM, but if I'm importing or modifying users in this VM, don't I need the data already? I'm a bit confused

Any advice is appreciated!

LuckyWig · 25 Jan 2020 at 09:36

I've heard that book is very good starting point and there are tons of videos on youtube, you don't really need a lab to start just open the ISE and start trying some get- commands and look at the help system. If you want to create an AD lab then learning how to create users from csv files would be a good first step and would generate data for you to try other things with.

Josh · 25 Jan 2020 at 21:49

Shane Young has a great playlist on learning PS on YouTube, he’s a Microsoft MVP and covers most of the newer SaaS stuff also.

Brumboy · 29 Jan 2020 at 15:50

LuckyWig said:
I've heard that book is very good starting point and there are tons of videos on youtube, you don't really need a lab to start just open the ISE and start trying some get- commands and look at the help system. If you want to create an AD lab then learning how to create users from csv files would be a good first step and would generate data for you to try other things with.

Yes I may purchase it, I have just purchased the Udemy course and will start that soon. It's got good reviews so hopefully it's good.

True, I did not think about CSV for creating a database to play with. Cheers!!

Brumboy · 29 Jan 2020 at 15:50

JOSH said:
Shane Young has a great playlist on learning PS on YouTube, he’s a Microsoft MVP and covers most of the newer SaaS stuff also.

Have subscribed, thanks for the suggestion mate!

Showboat · 29 Jan 2020 at 16:17

How familiar are you with coding / scripting?

I'd recommend these videos by the guy who invented powershell:
https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/GetStartedPowerShell3/01