description: "Learn about the structure and syntax of cmdlets in Exchange PowerShell, Exchange Online PowerShell, standalone Exchange Online Protection (EOP) PowerShell, and Security & Compliance ...

When working with PowerShell, understanding the basic syntax is essential. This article will cover the fundamental elements of PowerShell syntax, including cmdlets, parameters, and arguments.

Usually, PowerShell developers use comment-based help inside of the cmdlet's function to provide help content to the user, however that approach doesn't allow us to control all aspects of the help ...

Get-Basics PowerShell uses a consistent syntax for all of its commands — in fact, PowerShell commands are actually called cmdlets, because they’re much more than simple DOS-style actions.

This causes PowerShell to display the command's basic syntax and any aliases for the cmdlet that may exist. You can see an example in Figure 1.

You get that data to the format-list cmdlet through the pipeline. Remember our get-process cmdlet from my first article on PowerShell basics?

You can use get-help with those cmdlet names yourself to learn how to use PowerShell with DISM. When you do, you’ll notice that the cmdlets are generally easier to use and understand than the ...

PowerShell cmdlets also use a standardized syntax. For example, any cmdlet that connects to a remote computer uses the -computer argument to accept the computer name.