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I have been absent from the community for quite a while and have a question about this book.
As my new computer will arrive in a few weeks I’d love to pick up Powershell where I abandoned it when I fell ill. Should I first go thru a powershell 7 for beginners book or will I be able to understand this book written by someone from this community :face_with_hand_over_mouth:. I have faith in the author’s ability to explain things but I haven’t touched v7 yet.

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You’ll understand it fine.

Most things are similar.

It’s mostly about Linux compatibility. Some cmdlets will act a bit different. Most is compatible, but devil is in the details.

foreach parallel is IMO one of the best features.

Do you have an actual question or are you like, just promoting TFL’s book? lol

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It is an actually question. Either I start on this book or go thru another book first. As I’m currently on a disability income every $ counts. Hence the question.

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First, thanks for the question. I may be a bit biased, but I not only think it a very good question, but also one I feel uniquely qualified to answer.

The book was intended to be a look at managing Windows Server 2019 with PowerShell 7. The book covers the installation, some of the limitations, and the Windows PowerShell compatibility mechanism. The rest of the book looks at using PowerShell 7 to manage aspects, such s files/disks, the network, AD, and more. Those chapters contain specific scripts and an explanation as to how to achieve some goal with PowerShell 7.

Many of the recipes work fine with Windows PowerShell 5.1, but others may need some updating to work. And, since there are new features in PowerShell 7,m some are not backwards compatible.

My focus on the book was to both cover some of the basics of the technology (eg AD, iSCSI, and more) plus how to manage that technology with PowerShell 7. My intention is to take someone with some Windows PowerShell skills and convert them over to PowerShell 7. Frankly, Edwin, you are a great example of the IT Pro I attempted to address. I think I did an OK job - but the mileage varies.

I trust this is a best answer!!!

Ps. you have mail.

Thomas

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Thomas if I figure out how to turn this into a B.A. you’d get it instantly. I appreciate your words about my skills.

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Another consideration is your choice if development environment. With PowerShell 7, there is no ISE. Instead there is VS Code. A truly great product! I really like the ability to edit MD ( for contributing to my document updates, and for the Community Blog), powershell, do git stuff, and do some simple graphics all in one tool. Highly configurable and mostly stable.

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Oh i meant if you have like an actual PowerShell question, as the question was more… book related.

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Yes my question was indeed book related as due to a looong story i don’t have a pc yet ( low income due to disability and huge delays in delivery of my system because of the chip shortages).
Soo much want to code again and feel useful / happy when i get my ideas into properly working code.

@alexw

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Have you looked into the free tiers from AWS / Azure ?

It does not need much to run PowerShell

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Thanks for the tips. This is why I like this community.

@alexw