Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell (M10961)

• 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

LABS

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