Exploring Windows PowerShell 5.0

In this section, we will cover the following topics:

• Basics of Desired State Configuration
• Parsing structured objects using PowerShell
• Exploring Package Management
• Exploring PowerShellGet
• Exploring other enhanced features

Windows PowerShell 5.0 has many significant benefits; to know more about them, refer to the following link:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=512808

Here are a few highlights of Windows PowerShell 5.0:

• Improved usability
• Backward compatibility
• Class and enum keywords are introduced
• Parsing structured objects is easy using the ConvertFrom-String command
• We have a few new modules introduced in Windows PowerShell 5.0, such as Archive, Package Management (formerly known as OneGet), and so on
• ISE supports transcriptions
• Using PowerShellGet, we can find, install, and publish modules
• Debugging at runspace is possible using the Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility module

The basics of Desired State Configuration

Desired State Configuration, also known as DSC, is...