Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell (M10961)

Windows PowerShell

• Overview and Background
• Finding and Running Commands

Cmdlets for administration

• Active Directory administration cmdlets
• Network configuration cmdlets
• Other server administration cmdlets

Working with the Windows PowerShell Pipeline

• Selecting, Sorting, and Measuring Objects
• Exporting, Importing, and Converting Data
• Filtering Objects Out of the Pipeline
• Enumerating Objects in the Pipeline

How the Pipeline Works

• Passing the Pipeline Data
• Advanced Considerations for Pipeline Data

Using PSProviders and PSDrives

• PSProviders and PSDrives

Querying System Information Using WMI and CIM

• Querying Data with WMI/CIM
• Making Changes with WMI/CIM 

Working with Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables

• Using Variables
• Manipulating Arrays and Hash Tables

Basic Scripting

• Introduction to Scripting
• Scripting Constructs
• Importing Data from Files

Advanced Scripting

• Accepting User Input
• Overview of Script Documentation
• Troubleshooting and Error Handling
• Functions and Modules

Administering Remote Computers

• Using Basic Windows PowerShell Remoting
• Using PSSessions
• Using Advanced Remoting Techniques

Using Background Jobs and Scheduled Jobs

• Using Background Jobs
• Using Scheduled Jobs

Using Advanced PowerShell Techniques and Profiles

• Using Advanced PowerShell Techniques
• Creating Profile Scripts

Windows PowerShell

• Overview and Background
• Finding and Running Commands

Cmdlets for administration

• Active Directory administration cmdlets
• Network configuration cmdlets
• Other server administration cmdlets

Working with the Windows PowerShell Pipeline

• Selecting, Sorting, and Measuring Objects
• Exporting, Importing, and Converting Data
• Filtering Objects Out of the Pipeline
• Enumerating Objects in the Pipeline

How the Pipeline Works

• Passing the Pipeline Data
• Advanced Considerations for Pipeline Data

Using PSProviders and PSDrives

• PSProviders and PSDrives

Querying System Information Using WMI and CIM

• Querying Data with WMI/CIM
• Making Changes with WMI/CIM 

Working with Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables

• Using Variables
• Manipulating Arrays and Hash Tables

Basic Scripting

• Introduction to Scripting
• Scripting Constructs
• Importing Data from Files

Advanced Scripting

• Accepting User Input
• Overview of Script Documentation
• Troubleshooting and Error Handling
• Functions and Modules

Administering Remote Computers

• Using Basic Windows PowerShell Remoting
• Using PSSessions
• Using Advanced Remoting Techniques

Using Background Jobs and Scheduled Jobs

• Using Background Jobs
• Using Scheduled Jobs

Using Advanced PowerShell Techniques and Profiles

• Using Advanced PowerShell Techniques
• Creating Profile Scripts

This delivery format includes both instructor-led sessions and On-Demand sessions.

Week 1 – Kick-off and introduction to Windows PowerShell modules

Class session:

• Introduction to course, review course schedule, expectations, etc.
• Introduction to Windows PowerShell modules

On-Demand modules to complete by next week’s class:

• Module 1: Getting started with Windows Powershell
  • Overview and background
  • Finding and running commands
• Module 2: Cmdlets for administration
  • Active Directory administration cmdlets
  • Network configuration cmdlets
  • Other server administration cmdlets

Reminder: To maximize your time and participation in next week's lab exercises, please complete the above modules prior to class.

Week 2 – Create a new OU structure challenge and introduction to PowerShell pipeline modules

Class session:

• Challenge lab: Create a new OU structure.
• Introduction to PowerShell pipeline modules

On-Demand modules to complete by next week’s class:

• Module 3: Working with Windows PowerShell pipeline
  • Active Directory administration cmdlets
  • Network configuration cmdlets
  • Other server administration cmdlets
• Module 4: Understanding how the pipeline works
  • Active Directory administration cmdlets
  • Network configuration cmdlets
  • Other server administration cmdlets
• Module 5: Using PSProviders and PSDrives
  • PSProviders and PSDrives

Reminder: To maximize your time and participation in next week's lab exercises, please complete the above modules prior to class.

Week 3 –Use an Active Directory query challenge and introduction to querying, arrays and hash tables, and scripting modules

Class session:

• Challenge lab: Use an Active Directory query.
• Introduction to querying, arrays and hash tables, and scripting modules

On-Demand modules to complete by next week’s class:

• Module 6: Querying management information by using CIM and WMI
  • Querying data with WMI/CIM
  • Making changes with WMI/CIM
• Module 7: Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables
  • Using variables
  • Manipulating arrays and hash tables
• Module 8: Basic scripting
  • Introduction to scripting
  • Scripting constructs
  • Importing data from files

Reminder: To maximize your time and participation in next week's lab exercises, please complete the above modules prior to class.

Week 4 – Use a WMI query challenge and introduction to advanced scripting and administering remote computers modules

Class session:

• Challenge lab: Use a WMI query.
• Introduction to advanced scripting and administering remote computers modules

On-Demand modules to complete by next week’s class:

• Module 9: Advanced scripting
  • Accepting User Input
  • Overview of Script Documentation
  • Troubleshooting and Error Handling
  • Functions and Modules
• Module Administering remote computers
  • Using Basic Windows PowerShell Remoting
  • Using PSSessions
  • Using Advanced Remoting Techniques

Reminder: To maximize your time and participation in next week's lab exercises, please complete the above modules prior to class.

Week 5 – Write a PowerShell module challenge and introduction to background jobs and advanced PowerShell techniques modules

Class session:

• Challenge lab: Write a PowerShell module.
• Introduction to background jobs and advanced PowerShell techniques modules

On-Demand modules to complete by next week’s class:

• Module 11: Using background jobs and scheduled jobs
  • Using background jobs
  • Using scheduled jobs
• Module 12: Using advanced Windows PowerShell techniques
  • Using advanced PowerShell techniques
  • Creating profile scripts

Reminder: To maximize your time and participation in next week's lab exercises, please complete the above modules prior to class.

Week 6 – Schedule a task to run a PowerShell script challenge and final course review

Class session:

• Challenge lab: Schedule a task to run a PowerShell script
• Course review and wrap-up

Reminder: To maximize your time and participation in next week's lab exercises, please complete the above modules prior to class.

Configure Windows PowerShell

• Configure the Console Application
• Configure the ISE Application

Find and Run Basic Commands

• Finding commands
• Running commands
• Using the About files

Windows Administration

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

Use the Pipeline

• Select and Sort Data

Filtering Objects

Enumerating Objects

Sending Output to a File

• Exporting user information to a file

Work with Pipeline Parameter Binding

• Predict Pipeline Behavior

Use PSProviders and PSDrives

• Create a new folder on a remote computer
• Create a registry key for future scripts
• Create a new Active Directory group
• Work with WMI and CIM
• Locate and query information with WMI and CIM

Working with Variables

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

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

Accepting Data from Users

• Querying disk information from remote computers
• Updating the script to use alternate credentials
• Documenting a script

Implementing Functions and Modules

• Creating a logging function
• Adding error handling to a script
• Converting a function to a module

Using Basic Remoting

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

Using PSSessions

• Using implicit remoting
• Managing multiple computers

Using Background Jobs and Scheduled Jobs

• Starting and managing jobs
• Creating a scheduled job

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

Configure Windows PowerShell

• Configure the Console Application
• Configure the ISE Application

Find and Run Basic Commands

• Finding commands
• Running commands
• Using the About files

Windows Administration

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

Use the Pipeline

• Select and Sort Data

Filtering Objects

Enumerating Objects

Sending Output to a File

• Exporting user information to a file

Work with Pipeline Parameter Binding

• Predict Pipeline Behavior

Use PSProviders and PSDrives

• Create a new folder on a remote computer
• Create a registry key for future scripts
• Create a new Active Directory group
• Work with WMI and CIM
• Locate and query information with WMI and CIM

Working with Variables

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

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

Accepting Data from Users

• Querying disk information from remote computers
• Updating the script to use alternate credentials
• Documenting a script

Implementing Functions and Modules

• Creating a logging function
• Adding error handling to a script
• Converting a function to a module

Using Basic Remoting

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

Using PSSessions

• Using implicit remoting
• Managing multiple computers

Using Background Jobs and Scheduled Jobs

• Starting and managing jobs
• Creating a scheduled job

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