Learn POWERSHELL with Real Code Examples

Updated Nov 19, 2025

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Installation Setup

Install via Microsoft Store

Install with winget, brew, apt, yum

Check version with $PSVersionTable

Install modules using Install-Module

Use VS Code with PowerShell extension

Environment Setup

Install VS Code extension

Configure profile

Add aliases & functions

Install modules from PSGallery

Enable remoting

Config Files

$PROFILE

Module manifest (.psd1)

PowerShell.config.json

ExecutionPolicy settings

Scheduled task configs

Cli Commands

pwsh

powershell

Get-Help

Get-Module

Invoke-Command

Internationalization

Unicode support

Localization APIs

Culture-aware formatting

Globalized error messages

Supports multiple encodings

Accessibility

Human-readable syntax

Extensive help system

Verbose/debug flags

Autocomplete (intellisense)

Friendly errors

Ui Styling

PSReadLine themes

Custom prompts

Colorized output

Formatted tables

Cascading output views

State Management

Variables store objects

Local & global scopes

Module-scoped variables

Session state via PSSessions

Persist configs via JSON

Data Management

Objects & structured data

JSON/YAML/XML manipulation

File operations

REST API integration

Pipelines for object flow