On your 3-day accelerated Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell course, you'll gain the skills and knowledge you need to use Windows PowerShell to automate administration of Windows Server, Windows Client and SQL Server.
You'll experience our unique Lecture | Lab | Review technique, immersing you in the curriculum and helping you to build and retain information faster. This course is 40% faster than traditional courses.
Your Microsoft Certified Trainer will guide you through building scripts to automate complex tasks ranging from automating repetitive tasks to generating reports.
You'll get hands-on, developing practical skills and developing knowledge to:
The knowledge you'll gain from this course is essential to your ability to support a variety of Microsoft products such as Windows Server, Windows Client and Microsoft SQL Server.
As we're Microsoft Learning Partners, you'll have the latest, up-to-date Microsoft courseware. You'll also benefit from 24-hour lab access, which means that you'll be able to test your skills whenever you like.
If you're an IT professional with previous experience in general Windows Server and Windows Client administration looking to learn more about using PowerShell for administration, this course is ideal for you.
Module 1: Getting started with Windows PowerShell
This module will introduce you to Windows PowerShell and provide an overview of the product's functionality. The module shows you how to open and configure the shell for use and how to run commands within the shell. The module also introduces the built-in Help system in Windows PowerShell.
Lessons
Lab : Configuring Windows PowerShell
Lab : Finding and running basic commands
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 2: Cmdlets for administration
This module introduces you to the cmdlets commonly used for administration. While you can search for cmdlets each time you need to accomplish a task, it is more efficient to have at least a basic understanding of the cmdlets available for system administration.
Lessons
Lab : Windows Administration
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 3: Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline
This module introduces the pipeline feature of Windows PowerShell. Although the pipeline feature is included in several command-line shells such as the command prompt in the Windows operating system, the pipeline feature in Windows PowerShell provides more complex, more flexible, and more capable functionalities compared to other shells. This module provides you with the skills and knowledge that will help you use the shell more effectively and efficiently.
Lessons
Lab : Using the pipeline
Lab : Filtering objects
Lab : Enumerating objects
Lab : Sending output to a file
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 4: Understanding how the pipeline works
This module shows you how Windows PowerShell passes objects from one command to another in the pipeline. The shell provides two techniques that you can use. Knowing how these techniques work, and which one will be used in a given scenario, lets you construct more useful and complex command lines.
Lessons
Lab : Working with pipeline parameter binding
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 5: Using PSProviders and PSDrives
This module introduces the PSProviders and PSDrives adapters. A PSProvider is basically a Windows PowerShell adapter that makes some form of storage resemble a disk drive. A PSDrive is an actual connection to a form of storage. You can use these two adapters to work with various forms of storage by using the same commands and techniques that you use to manage the file system.
Lessons
Lab : Using PSProviders and PSDrives
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 6: Querying system information by using WMI and CIM
This module introduces you to two parallel technologies: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Common Information Model (CIM). Both these technologies provide local and remote access to a repository of management information including access to robust information available from the operating system, computer hardware, and installed software.
Lessons
Lab : Working with WMI and CIM
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 7: Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables
This module provides you the skills and knowledge required to use variables, arrays, and hash tables in Windows PowerShell.
Lessons
Lab : Working with variables
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 8: Basic scripting
This module shows you how to package a Windows PowerShell command in a script. Scripts allow you to perform repetitive tasks and more complex tasks than cannot be accomplished in a single command.
Lessons
Lab : Basic scripting
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 9: Advanced scripting
This module introduces you to more advanced techniques that you can use in scripts. These techniques includes gathering user input, reading input from files, documenting scripts with help information and error handling.
Lessons
Lab : Accepting data from users
Lab : Implementing functions and modules
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 10: Administering Remote Computers
This module introduces you to the Windows PowerShell remoting technology that enables you to connect to one or more remote computers and instruct them to run commands on your behalf.
Lessons
Lab : Using basic remoting
Lab : Using PSSessions
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 11: Using background jobs and scheduled jobs
This module provides information about the job features of Windows PowerShell. Jobs are an extension point in Windows PowerShell, and there are many different kinds of jobs. Each kind of job can work slightly differently, and has different capabilities.
Lessons
Lab : Using background jobs and scheduled jobs
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
Module 12: Using advanced Windows PowerShell techniques
This module covers several advanced Windows PowerShell techniques and features. Many of these techniques and features extend functionality that you have learned about in previous modules. Some of these techniques are new and provide additional capabilities.
Lessons
Lab : Practicing advanced techniques
Lab : Practicing script development (in development)
After completing this module, you’ll be able to:
MOC 10961C: Automating Administration With Windows PowerShell
Your accelerated course includes:
You should have some practical experience with:
You can meet the prerequisite skills and knowledge for this course working as a Windows system administrator.
Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.
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