Exploring providers and the FileSystem provider
One innovation in PowerShell that IT professionals soon learn to love is the PowerShell provider. A provider is a component that provides access to specialized data stores for easy management. The provider makes the data appear in a drive with a path similar to how you access files in file stores.
PowerShell 7.1 comes with the following providers:
- Registry: Provides access to registry keys and registry values (https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_registry_provider?view=powershell-7.1)
- Alias: Provides access to PowerShell's command aliases (https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_alias_provider?view=powershell-7.1)
- Environment: Provides access to Windows environment variables (https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_environment_provider?view=powershell-7.1)
- FileSystem...
