Summary
We’ve done a lot in this chapter. We’ve discussed what PowerShell is and what it’s suited for, such as producing short pieces of automation code quickly and easily. We’ve downloaded and installed it in a few different ways, specifically by installing it from an .msi file and extracting it from a .zip file.
We’ve tried some different ways of starting it using the built-in shell, and finally, we’ve looked at three useful cmdlets: Get-Command, for finding cmdlets that we might use, Get-Help, for understanding how to use them, and Get-Member, to understand what output those cmdlets produce.
In the next chapter, we will explore how cmdlets work, explore parameters and syntax, and look at a useful application for working interactively with PowerShell: Windows Terminal.
