50025 - Windows PowerShell for Administrators

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Use Windows PowerShell commands and navigate the Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Use pipelines and scripts
• Manipulate data using variables and arrays
• Create, execute, and sign scripts for security
• Use script flow control statements

Module 1: Introduction to Windows PowerShell - the Basics
This module explains the basics of Windows PowerShell, the different commands available, and how to navigate using the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Lessons
Lesson 1: What Is Windows PowerShell?
• What Is Windows PowerShell?
• Installation
• Starting Windows PowerShell
• PowerShell Commands
• Shell Function Commands
• Script Commands
• Native Commands
• Command Line Interface (CLI) Navigation

Lesson 2: Windows PowerShell Cmdlets
Lesson 3: Wlindows PowerShell Snap-Ins
Lesson 4: Windows PowerShell Navigation
• Drives
• Aliases
• Parameters
• Help
• Variables
 
Lesson 5: Windows PowerShell Profiles
• Creating a Profile

Module 2: The Windows PowerShell Pipeline, Scripts and Syntax
This module covers pipelines, scripts, and the syntax needed to run commands on Windows PowerShell.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Pipelines
Lesson 2: Scripts
• Properties and Methods
• Object Sorting

Lesson 3: Syntax, Special Characters, and Operators
• Quotes
• Output Redirection
• Command Continuation
• Special Characters
• Operator Precedence
• Operators Galore

Module 3: Variables and Data Types, Variable Scopes and Arrays
This module covers variables and data types, how to scope variables, and how to approach arrays.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Variables and Data Types
• More Data Types
• Variables with Variables!
• Environment Variables
• Get-Variable
• Set-Variable
• New-Variable
• Clear-Variable
• Remove-Variable

Lesson 2: Variable Scopes
Lesson 3: Arrays
• Associative Arrays

Module 4: Security
This module covers script execution, Group Policy, script signing, and certificate creation for security.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Script Execution
• Running a Script
• Execution Policy
• Group Policy for Execution

Lesson 2: Script Signing
• Local Certificate Authority Creation
• Signing Certificate Creation
• Signing Scripts Using Certificates
• Secure String Creation
• Whatif
 
Lesson 3: Requesting Credentials and Using Secure Strings

Module 5: Script Flow Control Statements
This module covers the Foreach and For statements, the While/Do and While/Do Until statements, branching, and other script flow control statements.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Foreach and For
• Foreach
• For

Lesson 2: While/Do While/Do Until
• While
• Do While
• Do Until

Lesson 3: Branching with IF and SWITCH
• IF
• Switch
 
Lesson 4: Break/Continue
• Break
• Continue

Module 6: Formatting
In this module, students will learn formatting in Windows PowerShell, including cmdlets, and how to export results.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Using Format-cmdlets
• Format-List (FL)
• Format-Table
• Format-Wide
• Format-Custom
• Groupby
• Group-Object
• Session Colors

Lesson 2: Using Sort-Object, Where-Object
• Sort-Object
• Where-Object

Lesson 3: Exporting Results to Files
• CSV
• XML
• HTML

Module 7: Regular Expressions
This module explains how to use Regular Expression characters.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Understanding Regular Expression Characters
Lesson 2: Using Regular Expressions
• Select-String

Module 8: Functions
This module covers functions, how to use filters, and arguments. Students will learn how to pass arguments into a script.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Functions, Filters, and Arguments
• Functions
• Filters
• Function Management

Lesson 2: Scripting with Functions and Parameters
• Passing Arguments into a Script

Module 9: Error Handling
This module covers error handling and script debugging.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Error Handling
Lesson 2: Script Debugging

Module 10: Advanced Scripting for Administrators
In this module, students will learn how to manipulate files and folders, modify registry data, retrieve event log information, and understand timer jobs.

Lessons
Lesson 1: Manipulating Files and Folders
Lesson 2: Modifying Registry Data
Lesson 3: Retrieving Event Log Information
Lesson 4: Understanding ADSI and Windows PowerShell
Lesson 5: Using the New-Object cmdlet
Lesson 6: Understanding Timer Jobs

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Experience administering servers
• This module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array