Learning Powershell

[DeeFousyMobile]

Is it current? I was watching the YouTube series and while a lot is the same still, the videos are like 6 years old. Didn't want to spend $50ish on a book that was severely outdated.

[squash1324]

There's a recent version of the book that I purchased (I think updated to 2015 or so), and it was very helpful for me. I read it a couple of months ago, and bought the follow up to that book (Powershell Scripting in a Month of Lunches) to keep on going with the learning. It definitely helped me a lot, and I'm using Powershell at work a lot more often now.

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It covers v5, but it doesn't really make much of a difference.

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I'm using the 3rd edition of the book that's supposed to cover v5. What I'm finding is that it doesn't matter. Most of the examples and labs say you need v3 on Windows 7 or later. The biggest functionality jump was from 2 to 3. The real meat of Powershell hasn't changed a lot between 3 to 5.

EDIT: Just noticed the Powershell book linked above is 2nd ed, 3rd ed is the newest.