Understanding the need for PowerShell
PowerShell is both a scripting environment and scripting language meant to support administrators and developers alike in automating and integrating processes and environments.
You may already be familiar with other tools or languages that will help you accomplish your task, and you may be asking why you should even bother learning PowerShell. It is important to note that PowerShell is just another tool, but it can be a very powerful one if used in the appropriate situations.
There are different reasons for using PowerShell, which are as follows:
- Running a script is faster than clicking on an application's user interface: If we minimize clicks, or eliminate them in some cases, the task can potentially be done much faster. Think about compressing, copying, archiving, and renaming multiple files. If we had to rely on the UI, this task may take much longer. However, if we can bake the logic into a script that performs all the steps, we can run this script...
