Overview:
Windows PowerShell is revolutionizing systems administration with time-saving tools for managing servers and workstations. PowerShell increases administrator productivity by automating repetitive tasks and ensuring complex, error-prone routines are performed consistently. In this course, you gain practical experience using PowerShell to solve both one-time and recurring administrative challenges.
Audience:
Administrators who want to more efficiently manage Windows systems.
Pre-Requisite:
All attendees should have 1-2 years (or more) of Windows operating system administration experience. Scripting experience is strongly recommended. Prior familiarity with Active Directory is helpful but not required.
Course Curriculum
| Introduction to PowerShell | |||
| Identifying opportunities for automation | |||
| Analysing shortcomings of existing automation solutions Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Combining the functionality of a shell and scripting language Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Expanding the scope of managed objects with the .NET Framework Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| PowerShell Fundamentals | |||
| Assessing the PowerShell console | |||
| Administering local and remote computers Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Capitalising on PowerShell help Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Navigating PowerShell drives Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Configuring PowerShell | |||
| Preventing execution of malicious code with an enhanced security policy Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Optimising the user environment through profiles Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Invoking functionality through cmdlets | |||
| Streamlining scripts with simplified syntax Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Improving productivity and maintainability through consistent command structure Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Managing input and output | |||
| Displaying complex data using Out-GridView Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Obtaining input from multiple file formats Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Formatting output for clarity Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Redirecting output to alternate locations Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Manipulating PowerShell object instances | |||
| Reading and writing object properties Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Driving object behaviour with method operators Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Controlling Script Execution | |||
| Constructing the object pipeline | |||
| Pipelining objects to streamline administrative tasks Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Isolating objects through filtering Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Implementing flow control | |||
| Enumerating objects via foreach-object loops Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Employing comparison operators and the Switch statement Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Creating modular code using functions Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Increasing the power of expressions with wildcard operators Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Unleashing the power of .NET objects | |||
| Working with .NET properties and methods Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Retrieving object information through reflection Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Exploiting WMI objects | |||
| Instantiating WMI objects Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Conducting hardware and software inventories Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Automating computer management with WMI object instances | |||
| Assigning properties to control computer configuration Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Invoking methods to perform system administration Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Harnessing powerful WMI Query Language (WQL) queries Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Accessing Active Directory objects | |||
| Creating users, computer and groups Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Efficiently altering and deleting existing objects Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Manipulating group membership Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Administering local machines with the WinNT provider | |||
| Accessing local SAM databases Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Tweaking local users and groups Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Optimising Scripts | |||
| Troubleshooting your scripts | |||
| Handling runtime errors Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Debugging your problem code Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Enabling strict-mode processing of variables Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Designing and deploying production scripts | |||
| Building script logic Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Enabling code reuse with script modules Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Capturing module details with script manifests Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Administering Microsoft Servers | |||
| Configuring Exchange servers Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Automating user mailbox creation Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Creating virtual machines on Hyper-V servers Details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Configuring Virtual CPUs, Virtual Memory and Virtual Hard Drives Details | 00:00:00 | ||
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