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Windows 11 for Enterprise Administrators

You're reading from   Windows 11 for Enterprise Administrators Unleash the power of Windows 11 with effective techniques and strategies

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804618592
Length 286 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Manuel Singer Manuel Singer
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Windows 11 – Installation and Upgrading 2. Chapter 2: Introduction to PowerShell FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Configuration and Customization 4. Chapter 4: User Account Administration 5. Chapter 5: Tools to Manage Windows 11 6. Chapter 6: Device Management 7. Chapter 7: Accessing Enterprise Data in BYOD and CYOD Scenarios 8. Chapter 8: Windows 11 Security 9. Chapter 9: Advanced Configurations 10. Chapter 10: Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 Changes (versus Windows 10) 11. Index 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting help

One feature that stood out when Microsoft first unveiled Windows PowerShell was the built-in help system. PowerShell comes with a Get-Help cmdlet. If you run it with no parameters, you can see a description of how to use the Get-Help cmdlet. But if you use Get-Help with the name of a cmdlet, you get help with that cmdlet. The built-in help system is invaluable, as it tells you what the cmdlet does, which inputs it takes, and what it outputs. With thousands of cmdlets to choose from, using Get-Help is much simpler than trying to remember them all, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 2.10 – Using Get-Help

Figure 2.10 – Using Get-Help

The help information quickly references what the cmdlet does and its calling syntax. You can also get examples and more detailed information, as shown in Figure 2.10.

You can also add help information to your scripts, which enables a script’s user to use Get-Help and get details about the script. You achieve this by adding a special block of help text at the start of the script.

Another great feature of PowerShell’s help system is that you can update the help text. The PowerShell help system enables the authors of the various scripts and commands you use to update help text and place it online. Then you use the Update-Help cmdlet to download the updates onto your system.

You may also note that there is very little help text the first time you use PowerShell. The reason for this is that PowerShell, by default, ships with minimal help text, which reduces the size of the PowerShell installation package. Once you first use any version of PowerShell on a system, you can download the most up-to-date help information, but only where you need it.

For more information on PowerShell’s help system, see https://packt.link/xL902.

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Windows 11 for Enterprise Administrators - Second Edition
Published in: Oct 2023
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ISBN-13: 9781804618592
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