Opening PowerShell

What PowerShell is

PowerShell is a shell and scripting language built around .NET objects—not only plain text. You pipe rich objects between commands.

Open a session

• Windows: Start menu → Windows PowerShell or Terminal → PowerShell profile
• Run as your normal user for learning; elevate only when a task requires admin
• PowerShell 7+ (pwsh) also runs on macOS and Linux

Check the version

Confirm which edition you are using.

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion

First commands

Print a message and see where you are.

Write-Output "Hello from PowerShell"
Get-Location