Batch is a much more limited language than bash. Powershell on the other hand is a full blown scripting language and you can do some impressive things with it.

Batch is a much more limited language than bash. Powershell on the other hand is a full blown scripting language and you can do some impressive things with it. Also, on Windows 10, you can run bash directly through Windows Subsytem for Linux. It gives you a full native Ubuntu environment through a binary compatibility layer (so it runs at near native speeds, non virtualized)