Appendix A. Next Steps

The goal of this book has been to get you started with PowerShell. To this end, we have looked at several broad topics, such as:

• Navigating PowerShell with Get-Command, Get-Help, and Get-Member
• Using the Pipeline to combine the commands
• Packaging code in scripts, functions, and modules
• Interacting with files and WMI
• Administering IIS

These skills will take you far in PowerShell, but this is just the beginning of what you can do. Here, I have collected some suggested "next steps" that you will find useful as skills to add to your PowerShell repertoire:

• Explore advanced functions, such as:
  • Using common parameters
  • Pipeline the input
  • Parameter validation
• PowerShell Remoting
• PowerShell Workflows
• Desired State Configuration
• Explore miscellaneous PowerShell topics, including the following:
  • Working with .NET and COM objects
  • Working with SQL Server data
  • Building a GUI
• Administering Microsoft systems such as:
  • Exchange
  • SQL Server
  • System Center

You should have no trouble finding...