First PowerShell command - Mini Project: Build & Apply

First PowerShell command

📖 Scenario: You want to greet your team with a simple message using PowerShell. This is your first step into scripting with PowerShell.

🎯 Goal: Write a PowerShell script that stores a greeting message in a variable and then displays it on the screen.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a variable called greeting with the exact text 'Hello, team!'

Use the Write-Output command to display the greeting variable

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

PowerShell scripts are used to automate tasks on Windows computers, like sending messages or managing files.

💼 Career

Knowing how to write and run simple PowerShell commands is useful for IT support, system administration, and automation roles.

1

Create a greeting variable

Create a variable called greeting and set it to the text 'Hello, team!'

PowerShell

# Create a variable called greeting with the text 'Hello, team!'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use $greeting = 'Hello, team!' to create the variable.

2

Display the greeting

Use the Write-Output command with the variable $greeting to display the greeting message

PowerShell

$greeting = 'Hello, team!'
# Use Write-Output to display the greeting
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Type Write-Output $greeting to show the message.

3

Run the script to see the output

Run the script so it shows the greeting message on the screen

PowerShell

$greeting = 'Hello, team!'
Write-Output $greeting
# Run the script to see the output

Need a hint?

Run the script by pressing Enter or using your PowerShell editor's run command.

4

Add a comment explaining the greeting

Add a comment above the variable $greeting explaining that it stores the welcome message

PowerShell

# Add a comment explaining the greeting variable
$greeting = 'Hello, team!'
Write-Output $greeting
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use # This variable stores the welcome message as a comment.