Automating Administration with PowerShell

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 local system administration.
• Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline.
• 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.
• Create basic scripts in Windows PowerShell.
• Administer remote computers with Windows PowerShell.
• Manage Azure resources with PowerShell.
• Manage Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell.
• Use background jobs and scheduled jobs.

This course is intended for IT Professionals who are already experienced in general Windows Server, Windows client, Azure, and Microsoft 365 administration, and who want to learn more about using Windows PowerShell for administration. No prior experience with any version of PowerShell or any scripting language is assumed. This course is also suitable for IT Professionals already experienced in server administration, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft SQL Server.
 

Before attending this course, students must have:
• Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation.
• Experience with Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Getting started with Windows PowerShell

• Windows PowerShell overview
• Understan Windows PowerShell command syntax
• Find commands and get help in Windows PowerShell

Lab : Configuring Windows PowerShell, and finding and running commands

• Configuring the Windows PowerShell console application
• Configuring the Windows PowerShell ISE application
• Finding and running Windows PowerShell commands
• Using About files

Windows PowerShell for local systems administration

• Active Directory Domain Services administration cmdlets
• Network configuration cmdlets
• Server administration cmdlets
• Windows PowerShell in Windows 10

Lab : Performing local system administration with PowerShell

• Creating and managing Active Directory objects
• Configuring network settings on Windows Server
• Creating a website

Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline

• Understand the pipeline
• Select, sort, and measure objects
• Filter objects out of the pipeline
• Enumerate objects in the pipeline
• Send and pass pipeline data as output

Lab : Using PowerShell pipeline

• Selecting, sorting, and displaying data
• Filtering objects
• Enumerating objects
• Converting objects

Using PSProviders and PSDrives

• Using PSProviders
• Using PSDrives

Lab : Using PSProviders and PSDrives with PowerShell

• Creating files and folders on a remote computer
• Creating a registry key for your future scripts
• Create a new Active Directory group

Querying management information by using CIM and WMI

• Understand CIM and WMI
• Query data by using CIM and WMI
• Make changes by using CIM and WMI

Lab : Querying information by using WMI and CIM

• Querying information by using WMI
• Querying information by using CIM
• Invoking methods

Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables

• Use variables
• Manipulate variables
• Manipulate arrays and hash tables

Lab : Using variables, arrays, and hash tables in PowerShell

• Working with variable types
• Using arrays
• Using hash tables

Windows PowerShell scripting

• Introduction to scripting with Windows PowerShell
• Script constructs
• Import data from files
• Accept user input
• Troubleshooting and error handling
• Functions and modules

Lab : Using scripts with PowerShell

• Signing a script
• Processing an array with a ForEach loop
• Processing items by using If statements
• Creating users based on a CSV file
• Querying disk information from remote computers
• Updating the script to use alternate credentials

Administering remote computers with Windows PowerShell

• Use basic Windows PowerShell remoting
• Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
• Use PSSessions

Lab : Performing remote administration with PowerShell

• Enabling remoting on the local computer
• Performing one-to-one remoting
• Performing one-to-many remoting
• Using implicit remoting

Managing Azure resources with PowerShell

• Azure PowerShell
• Introduce Azure Cloud Shell
• Manage Azure VMs with PowerShell
• Manage storage and subscriptions

Lab : Azure resource management with PowerShell

• Activating the Azure subscription and installing the PowerShell Az module
• Using Azure Cloud Shell
• Managing Azure resources with Azure PowerShell

Managing Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell

• Manage Microsoft 365 user accounts, licenses, and groups with • PowerShell
• Manage Exchange Online with PowerShell
• Manage SharePoint Online with PowerShell
• Manage Microsoft Teams with PowerShell

Lab : Managing Microsoft 365 with PowerShell

• Managing users and groups in Azure AD
• Managing Exchange Online
• Managing SharePoint
• Managing Microsoft Teams

Using background jobs and scheduled jobs

• Use background jobs
• Use scheduled jobs

Lab : Jobs management with PowerShell

• Starting and managing jobs
• Creating a scheduled job