PowerShell - Zip em Up

By using the Compress-Archive cmdlet.  The syntax of Compress-Archivecmdlet is simple, provide the -Path of the folder which you want to compress, then provide the      -DestinationPath of your .zip file and then set a -CompressionLevel, and after that hit enter.

Compress-Archive -CompressionLevel Optimal -Path C:\temp\Data\

-DestinationPath C:\temp\Compress.zip