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Welcome back, everyone, to the next lesson in my course

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on Installing and Running PowerShell.

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We're working with PowerShell 7,

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which we installed on Windows 10 in the last module.

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Now I want to show you how easy it is to run and get started with it.

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You can get into a PowerShell session a number of ways.

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It's really no different than anything else you install in Windows.

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You can launch PowerShell from the Start menu.

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Now if you don't have it pinned,

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you can easily search for it by starting to type pwsh.

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Now personally,

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I pin mine to the taskbar so I can easily open it at any time.

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Or, from any command prompt or the run box, just type the name

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of the executable, pwsh.exe.

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What I want to make sure you understand,

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though, is that PowerShell itself technically isn't the application.

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It's an engine that is hosted inside another application.

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Now for most of you, this will be the traditional PowerShell console.

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This is an instance of PowerShell running inside the

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traditional cmd​.exe window, which, as you'll see later,

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is configurable so that you can make it easy to read and use. A newer option is

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to use the Windows Terminal app from the Microsoft Store.

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This is what I use on a daily basis for working in PowerShell.

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This app lets you run multiple shells in a tabbed format. You can even

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have tabs open for Windows PowerShell, PowerShell 7, or even an

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old‑fashioned DOS prompt, and it's highly customizable.

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I think of this as the next generation shell for Windows. Now,

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it's certainly not without its own limitations,

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but the project is definitely a work in progress and is in active development.

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These are the two primary ways most of you will probably work with

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PowerShell. And as a reminder, there is no PowerShell 7 version of

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the PowerShell ISE. For scripting, you are encouraged to use Visual

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Studio Code from Microsoft, which is free. And remember,

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you only need to install it where you're going to be

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writing scripts. Now I know some people use VS Code as

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their PowerShell console as well,

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but personally I think VS Code is forward scripting. For day to day

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and interactive work, I use one of the console apps, either the

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traditional console or Windows Terminal.

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In fact, if you're like me, you'll spend a lot of time in PowerShell.

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You'll want to configure it to make it easy to use.

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I'll show you how to set some basic settings later in the demo,

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both for the console and the Windows Terminal.

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And once you are in PowerShell, as the name implies, it can act as a shell.

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This means that you can navigate it.

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If you've ever been in a C prompt in Windows,

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you'll have no problem getting around in PowerShell, and I'll show you how easy this is going to be.