PowerShell Scripting with AI: A Complete Beginner's Guide to Automation, System Administration, and AI-Powered Scripting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798180573810)

Stop clicking through menus and start automating everything - then make your scripts intelligent with AI. The complete PowerShell guide for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals in 2026.

PowerShell Scripting with AI takes you from your very first Get-Process command through cmdlets, pipelines, functions, file management, remote administration, Active Directory, Azure cloud automation, and DevOps CI/CD workflows - and then into integrating OpenAI and LLM APIs to build AI-powered log analysers, intelligent monitoring dashboards, and automated IT reporting systems. Written for PowerShell 7.4 on Windows, Linux, and macOS, every chapter is practical and immediately applicable to real infrastructure.

PowerShell started as a better cmd.exe replacement. In 2026 it is the standard automation language for Windows infrastructure, Azure cloud operations, and Microsoft 365 administration - and with direct LLM API integration, it is now capable of analysing logs, generating reports, diagnosing errors, and provisioning users with minimal human input. This book teaches you the complete picture: scripting fundamentals, enterprise patterns, cloud automation, and AI, all in one volume.

What you will learn:

• Understand the PowerShell environment - the object pipeline, cmdlets, modules, and the PowerShell Gallery
• Work with variables, data types, loops, conditionals, functions, arrays, and hash tables
• Automate file management, user provisioning, processes, services, and permissions
• Master remote administration with PowerShell Remoting and scheduled task automation
• Manage Active Directory users, groups, and organizational units with PowerShell
• Automate Azure cloud infrastructure with the Az PowerShell module
• Build DevOps and CI/CD automation pipelines with PowerShell
• Integrate OpenAI and LLM APIs directly into PowerShell scripts
• Apply prompt engineering techniques for automation, diagnostics, and reporting tasks
• Complete five real-world projects: an automated backup system, AI-powered log analyser, smart monitoring dashboard, automated user provisioning system, and an AI-assisted IT reporting tool

Four parts, built for IT professionals:

Part I builds your PowerShell foundation - variables, data types, cmdlets, pipelines, loops, functions, file management, error handling, process management, user permissions, JSON/XML/CSV handling, and performance best practices.
Part II covers advanced topics including remote administration, task scheduling, Active Directory, REST API calls, logging, monitoring, Azure cloud automation, DevOps CI/CD, and enterprise automation patterns.
Part III connects PowerShell to the AI era with practical chapters on LLM API integration, OpenAI and GPT-4 automation, prompt engineering for sysadmin tasks, AI-assisted troubleshooting, intelligent monitoring and reporting, and AI-driven infrastructure management.
Part IV delivers five complete guided projects you build from start to finish.

The book includes a PowerShell quick reference, an essential cmdlets reference, a common operators guide, a debugging checklist, a module reference, a glossary, and a recommended resources appendix - seven appendices covering everything you need.

A script that takes three hours to write can save thirty minutes every single week. After a year, that is twenty-six hours back. This book is where that journey starts.

Perfect for: Windows system administrators, IT professionals automating repetitive infrastructure tasks, DevOps engineers working in Microsoft environments, Azure cloud administrators, and anyone who wants to add AI-powered intelligence to their automation scripts.