June 15, 2016 at 4:52 pm
What's a good PowerShell reference book for someone with limited experience with PowerShell (meaning my experience is looking for scripts written by others that do something similar to what I want and tweaking them until they do what I want)?
My primary interest will be scripts that work with SQL 2012/2014 and associated file system tasks to replace manual processes.
Call me old fashioned but I prefer flipping through a well-written reference book preferable to googling for sites written with varying degrees of skill that assume varying degrees of existing knowledge.
June 16, 2016 at 6:46 am
Ben Miller has the Stairway Series that is beginner level.[/url]
Most of my blog post for my company are on PowerShell. I did a series on PS that goes through the basics with using it with SQL Server.[/url]
Mike Fal did a series on PowerShell with SQLPS that gives a good base of information to start using it with your tasks.[/url]
If you want books around PowerShell and SQL Server then you will have to find SQL Server Administration books. However, most of those are only going to have one or two chapters on using PowerShell, or they might include snippets throughout showing how a task could be done in PowerShell.
If you want a good basis on learning PowerShell (going back and learning the best practices) start out with Don Jones books on Month of Lunches series. They are published through Manning but available on Amazon and other sites. He and Jeffery Hicks have some great books on Learning PowerShell and then Tool making with PowerShell.
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