10961 Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell

Course Details

• Module 1: Getting Started with Windows PowerShell
• Overview and background of Windows PowerShell
• Understanding command syntax
• Finding commands
• Lab : Configuring Windows PowerShell
• Lab : Finding and running basic commands
• Module 2: Cmdlets for administration
• Active Directory administration cmdlets
• Network configuration cmdlets
• Other server administration cmdlets
• Lab : Windows Administration
• Creating and managing Active Directory objects
• Configuring network settings on Windows Server
• Creating a web site
• Module 3: Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline
• Understanding the pipeline
• Selecting, sorting, and measuring objects
• Filtering objects out of the pipeline
• Enumerating objects in the pipeline
• Sending pipeline data as output
• Lab : Using the pipeline
• Lab : Filtering objects
• Lab : Enumerating objects
• Lab : Sending output to a file
• Module 4: Understanding how the pipeline works
• Passing the pipeline data
• Advanced considerations for pipeline data
• Lab : Working with pipeline parameter binding
• Predicting pipeline behaviour
• Module 5: Using PSProviders and PSDrives
• Using PSProviders
• Using PSDrives
• Lab : Using PSProviders and PSDrives
• Creating files and folders on a remote computer
• Creating a registry key for your future scripts
• Create a new Active Directory group
• Module 6: Querying Management Information by Using WMI and CIM
• Understanding WMI and CIM
• Querying Data with WMI and CIM
• Making Changes by Using WMI and CIM
• Lab : Working with WMI and CIM
• Querying information by using WMI
• Querying information by using CIM
• Invoking methods
• Module 7: Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables
• Using Variables
• Manipulating variables.
• Manipulating arrays and hash tables.
• Lab : Working with variables
• Working with variable types
• Using arrays
• Using hash tables
• Module 8: Basic scripting
• Introduction to scripting
• Scripting constructs
• Importing data from files
• Lab : Basic scripting
• Setting a script
• Processing an array with a ForEach loop
• Processing items by using If statements
• Creating a random password
• Creating users based on a CSV file
• Module 9: Advanced scripting
• Accepting user input
• Overview of script documentation
• Troubleshooting and error handling
• Functions and modules
• Lab : Accepting data from users
• Querying disk information from remote computers
• Updating the script to use alternate credentials
• Documenting a script
• Lab : Implementing functions and modules
• Creating a logging function
• Adding error handling to a script
• Converting a function to a module
• Module 10: Administering Remote Computers
• Using basic Windows PowerShell remoting
• Using advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
• Using PSSessions
• Lab : Using basic remoting
• Enabling remoting on the local computer
• Performing one-to-one remoting
• Performing one-to-many remoting
• Lab : Using PSSessions
• Using implicit remoting
• Managing multiple computers
• Module 11: Using background jobs and scheduled jobs
• Using background jobs
• Using scheduled jobs
• Lab : Using background jobs and scheduled jobs
• Starting and managing jobs
• Creating a scheduled job
• Module 12: Using advanced Windows PowerShell techniques
• Creating profile scripts
• Using advanced techniques
• Lab : Practicing advanced techniques
• Creating a profile script
• Verifying the validity of an IP address
• Reporting disk information
• Configuring NTFS permissions
• Creating user accounts with passwords from a CSV file
• Lab : Practicing script development (optional)
• After completing this course, students will be able to:
• Describe the functionality of Windows PowerShell and use it to run and find basic commands.
• Identify and run cmdlets for server administration.
• Work with Windows PowerShell pipeline.
• Describe the techniques Windows PowerShell pipeline uses.
• Use PSProviders and PSDrives to work with other forms of storage.
• Query system information by using WMI and CIM.
• Work with variables, arrays, and hash tables.
• Write basic scripts in Windows PowerShell.
• Write advanced scripts in Windows PowerShell.
• Administer remote computers.
• Use background jobs and scheduled jobs.
• Use advanced Windows PowerShell techniques.