This chapter took a look at working with providers, focusing on filesystem and registry providers. How PowerShell works with items and item properties was demonstrated. Working with permissions in PowerShell for both filesystem and registry providers was also demonstrated. Using transactions with supported providers was demonstrated using the registry provider. Finally, file catalogs were introduced.

Chapter 11, Windows Management Instrumentation, will explore how to work with WMI using the CIM commands built into Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core.