PowerShell for Intermediate Users: Enterprise Automation, Cloud, CI/CD, Containers, and Security for the Modern Engineer (PowerShell Pro Series)

You know PowerShell. Now use it like the professionals do.Book 1 taught you the language. Book 2 teaches you what to build with it. This volume covers the full spectrum of intermediate and advanced PowerShell: enterprise identity management, Azure cloud automation, CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, security hardening, and production-grade observability — all in a single, structured course.What makes this book different:Production-ready from day one — every function uses structured logging, idempotent design, SupportsShouldProcess, and error handling patterns used in real enterprise environments.Three complete enterprise projects — a zero-trust employee lifecycle system, a cloud cost intelligence engine, and an infrastructure compliance engine — each integrating six or more technologies from the book.60 graded exercises with full solutions — from Basic to Integration level, building real tools you can deploy immediately.96 quiz questions with detailed explanations — each answer explains not just the correct choice but why the alternatives are wrong.Covers PS 5.1 and PS 7.x — with explicit migration notes and compatibility patterns throughout. 12 chapters. 12 real skills:Ch 1 — Professional Mindset: OOP with PS classes, idempotency, module architecture, VS Code advanced workflowCh 2 — Advanced REST APIs: OAuth, retry with backoff/jitter, all pagination styles, GraphQL, webhooks with HMAC-SHA256Ch 3 — Enterprise Active Directory: LDAP at scale, FGPPs, safe bulk operations, AD replication, GPO managementCh 4 — M365 and Exchange Online: Certificate auth, mailbox automation, Teams provisioning, license management via GraphCh 5 — Security and Hardening: SecretManagement, CIS benchmarks, JEA, AMSI, credential scanning, certificate lifecycleCh 6 — Azure Cloud Automation: Managed identities, VM provisioning chains, Bicep/ARM deployment, Key Vault, Azure MonitorCh 7 — Desired State Configuration: LCM, ConfigurationData, custom DSC resources, Azure Automation DSC Pull ServerCh 8 — Containers and Docker: Multi-stage builds, Docker Compose, ACR, Windows containers, kubectl, ACI, AKSCh 9 — CI/CD and DevOps: GitVersion SemVer, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, OIDC auth, PSGallery publishingCh 10 — Observability: PSFramework logging, custom metrics (counters/gauges/histograms), Log Analytics, distributed tracingCh 11 — Enterprise Projects: Circuit breakers, Saga pattern, approval workflows, compliance engine, documentation automationCh 12 — Reference Appendix: Complete module index, PS 5.1→7.x migration guide, production checklist, KQL reference Ideal for IT professionals, DevOps engineers, cloud architects, and sysadmins who have working PowerShell knowledge and want to build the kind of automation that runs critical business processes — reliably, securely, and maintainably. Read more