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Using Windows PowerShell Providers and PSDrives

This course will introduce IT pros to the concept of a PowerShell provider and teach how it exposes underlying technologies through a PSDrive.

Jeff Hicks - Pluralsight course - Using Windows PowerShell Providers and PSDrives
by Jeff Hicks

What you'll learn

Unlock the untapped potential of Windows PowerShell as you delve into the world of PowerShell providers and PSDrives. In this course, Using Windows PowerShell Providers and PSDrives, you'll learn how PowerShell leverages providers. First, you’ll explore what a PowerShell provider is and why it matters to you. Next, you’ll discover how to use PSDrives in Windows PowerShell. This is how you can use one set of commands to navigate the registry the same way as the file system. Finally, you'll learn how to create and manage items in different types of PSDrives. When you’re finished with this course, you'll be able to do more with Windows PowerShell and manage things you never thought possible.

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Jeff Hicks - Pluralsight course - Using Windows PowerShell Providers and PSDrives
Jeff Hicks

Jeffery Hicks is a Microsoft MVP in Windows PowerShell and an IT veteran with many years of experience, much of it spent as an IT consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis in automation and efficiency.

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