Course Overview
This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use Windows PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows systems. This course provides students the skills to identify and build the commands they require to perform specific tasks. In addition, students learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports. This course provides prerequisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, System Center, and more. In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any one of those products, although Windows Server, which is the common platform for all of those products, will serve as the example for the techniques this course teaches.
Course Objectives
Introduction , Introduction to Windows PowerShell , Using the Command Line for Administration , Using the PowerShell Pipeline , Using PSProviders and PSDrives , Querying Systems Using WMI and CIM , Working with Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables , Fundamental PowerShell Scripting Concepts and Techniques , Introduction to Advanced PowerShell Scripting Techniques , Using PowerShell to Manage Remote Systems , Using Scheduled Tasks, PowerShell Background Jobs, and Scheduled Jobs , PowerShell Profiles and Advanced Techniques , Conclusion
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Agenda
1 - Introduction
2 - Introduction to Windows PowerShell
3 - Using the Command Line for Administration
4 - Using the PowerShell Pipeline
5 - Using PSProviders and PSDrives
6 - Querying Systems Using WMI and CIM
7 - Working with Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables
8 - Fundamental PowerShell Scripting Concepts and Techniques
9 - Introduction to Advanced PowerShell Scripting Techniques
10 - Using PowerShell to Manage Remote Systems
11 - Using Scheduled Tasks, PowerShell Background Jobs, and Scheduled Jobs
12 - PowerShell Profiles and Advanced Techniques
13 - Conclusion