Chapter 1. Understanding PowerShell Scripting

In this chapter we will cover the following recipes:

• Managing security on PowerShell scripts

• Creating and using functions

• Creating and using modules

• Creating and using PowerShell profiles

• Passing variables to functions

• Validating parameters in functions

• Piping data to functions

• Recording sessions with transcripts

• Signing PowerShell scripts

• Sending e-mail

• Sorting and filtering

• Using formatting to export numbers

• Using formatting to export data views

• Using jobs

• Dealing with errors in PowerShell

• Tuning PowerShell scripts for performance

• Creating and using Cmdlets