About this course

Welcome to the Automating Administration with PowerShell course, which focuses on using PowerShell to automate the administration and management of Windows operating systems and some of the most common services in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. You'll learn to identify the commands you require to perform specific tasks and then build those commands. You'll also learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports.

Note: This course covers the use of PowerShell for managing Windows operating systems and Azure and Microsoft 365 services. It doesn’t cover management of the Linux or macOS operating systems.

Level: Intermediate

Audience

This course is 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 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.

Contents

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Module 0 Course introduction .

About this course .

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Module 1 Getting started with Windows PowerShell .

Windows PowerShell overview .

Understand Windows PowerShell command syntax .

Find commands and get help in Windows PowerShell .

Module 01 lab and review .

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Module 2 Windows PowerShell for local systems administration .

Active Directory Domain Services administration cmdlets .

Network configuration cmdlets .

Server administration cmdlets .

Windows PowerShell in Windows 10 .

Module 02 lab and review .

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Module 3 Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline .

Understand the pipeline .

Select, sort, and measure objects .

Filter objects out of the pipeline .

Module 03 lab A and review .

Enumerate objects in the pipeline .

Send pipeline data as output .

Module 03 lab B and review .

Pass pipeline objects .

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Module 4 Using PSProviders and PSDrives .

Using PSProviders .

Using PSDrives .

Module 04 lab and review .

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Module 5 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 .

Module 05 lab and review .

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Module 6 Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables .

Use variables .

Manipulate variables .

Manipulate arrays and hash tables .

Module 06 lab and review .

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Module 7 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 .

Module 07 lab and review .

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Module 8 Administering remote computers with Windows PowerShell .

Use basic Windows PowerShell remoting .

Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques .

Use PSSessions .

Module 08 lab and review .

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Module 9 Managing Azure resources with PowerShell .

Azure PowerShell .

Introduce Azure Cloud Shell .

Manage Azure VMs with PowerShell .

Manage storage and subscriptions .

Module 09 lab and review .

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Module 10 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 .

Module 10 lab and review .

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Module 11 Using background jobs and scheduled jobs .

Use background jobs .

Use scheduled jobs .

Module 11 lab and review .