In my session today at IT/Dev Connections in Las Vegas, several people asked me for book recommendations on PowerShell in general, and DSC (Desired State Configuration) in particular.
The book I’ve used for a while is from APress, Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Revealed.
I found a second DSC book today, Learning PowerShell DSC. To be honest I just found it, but from looking over the table of contents it looks pretty nice. I’ll report back later when I’ve had time to go over it in more depth. (Disclaimer, the publisher this book is also the publisher of my upcoming book, otherwise I don’t have any other affiliation).
A good all around yet deep book is PowerShell In Depth. Two of the authors, Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks, are here with us at IT/Dev Connections. Note the link is to the paper version, if you want the Kindle / iBooks / PDF version you’ll have to go directly to the publishers website.
Finally, if you are seeking something that would be a fast read but still provide great value, I’d suggest “Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches”. The next version will be out in December of this year, but if you can’t wait, you can find the current version here. As with the previous recommendation, you can get the electronic version from the publishers website.
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