Covers all release versions of PowerShell. Practical and precise, this hands-on guide with ready answers is designed for IT professionals working with Microsoft products, whether for on-premises, hybrid or cloud support. Inside, you'll find expert insights, tips, tricks and workarounds that will show you how to make the most of PowerShell in the shortest amount of time possible. During the course of reading this book, you will master a number of complex topics, techniques, commands and functions. This book focuses on core PowerShell functionality: Passing startup parameters and initializing the environment Creating and using scripts for everyday tasks Parsing values, output streams and formatting output Creating and using profiles, aliases and other shortcuts Using snap-ins, providers, and modules Enabling remoting, executing remote commands and establishing sessions Creating background jobs and scheduling them to run automatically Using expressions and operators Working with variables, arrays, strings and other PowerShell structures Creating aliases and functions Understanding object types, methods and properties Creating and using objects Using transcripts to record activities at the prompt Executing blocks of commands as transactions Performing conditional execution with If statements Checking for multiple conditions with switch Controlling the flow of execution using loops PowerShell: IT Pro Solutions can be used with the companion book, PowerShell for Administration.