Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell

CONTENUTI:

Module 1: Getting started with Windows PowerShell

• Overview and background of Windows PowerShell
• Understanding command syntax
• Finding commands

Lab: Configuring Windows PowerShell

• Configuring the Windows PowerShell console
• Configuring the Windows PowerShell ISE application

Lab: Finding and running basic commands

• Finding commands
• Running commands
• Using the About files

Module 2: Cmdlets for administration

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

Lab: Windows Administration

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

Module 3: Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline

• Understanding the pipeline
• Selecting, sorting, and measuring objects
• Filtering objects out of the pipeline
• Enumerating objects in the pipeline
• Sending pipeline data as output

Lab: Using the pipeline

• Selecting, sorting, and displaying data

Lab: Filtering objects

• Filtering objects

Lab: Enumerating objects

• Enumerating objects

Lab: Sending output to a file

• Exporting user information to a file

Module 4: Understanding how the pipeline works

• Passing the pipeline data
• Advanced considerations for pipeline data

Lab: Working with pipeline parameter binding

• Predicting pipeline behaviour

Module 5: Using PSProviders and PSDrives

• Using PSProviders
• Using PSDrives

Lab: Using PSProviders and PSDrives

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

Module 6: Querying system information by using WMI and CIM

• Understanding WMI and CIM
• Querying data by using WMI and CIM
• Making changes with WMI/CIM

Lab: Working with WMI and CIM

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

Module 7: Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables

• Using variables.
• Manipulating variables.
• Manipulating arrays and hash tables.

Lab: Working with variables

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

Module 8: Basic scripting

• Introduction to scripting
• Scripting constructs
• Importing data from files

Lab: 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

Module 9: Advanced scripting

• Accepting user input
• Overview of script documentation
• Troubleshooting and error handling
• Functions and modules

Lab: Accepting data from users

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

Lab: Implementing functions and modules

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

Module 10: Administering Remote Computers

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

Lab: Using basic remoting

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

Lab: Using PSSessions

• Using implicit remoting
• Managing multiple computers

Module 11: Using background jobs and scheduled jobs

• Using background jobs
• Using scheduled jobs

Lab: Using background jobs and scheduled jobs

• Starting and managing jobs
• Creating a scheduled job

Module 12: Using advanced Windows PowerShell techniques

• Creating profile scripts
• Using advanced techniques

Lab: 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