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Now that we have covered the fundamentals of formatting data in PowerShell,

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one of the very next questions you will likely have is,

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hey,

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this is cool, but what can I do with this formatted

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data other than see it on the screen?

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This module, Working With PowerShell's "Out" Cmdlets,

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explores and answers that question.

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When you're working with data in PowerShell,

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you'll often get to a point where you have exactly

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what you need in the format you need.

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But now you want to get it out of the PowerShell system to do something with it.

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In PowerShell, this is often,

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but not always done with what are known as the out cmdlets. I say not always

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because there are other structured data formats like JSON, XML, and CSV that

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have their own specific cmdlets in PowerShell,

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and those deal with raw PowerShell objects rather than formatted data.

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But those are outside the scope of what we're talking about here,

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and there are other courses in the PowerShell 7

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fundamentals track at Pluralsight that will help you with

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that structured data in PowerShell.

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We'll spend a few minutes covering some of the theory of the out

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cmdlets, followed by getting hands on with a bunch of the out cmdlets

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in the PowerShell console. We'll wrap things up at the end by

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summarizing this module and the course.

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Our friend, Dan, at Globomantics is now comfortable

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with formatting data in PowerShell, but his manager,

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Anna, is now asking Dan for some basic report of data.

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Dan knows how to retrieve the information in PowerShell,

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and he now knows how to format it.

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And while he can display it on his screen, this doesn't really help Anna.

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We need to help Dan understand the methods of getting formatted data out

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of PowerShell. Before we jump to it, I want to quickly remind you about

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the exercise files that are available with this course. They contain the

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PowerPoint slide decks in PDF format,

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as well as text files with the commands I run in every clip to help you follow along.