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AZ-040T00: Automating Administration with PowerShell

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Description

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows servers.

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows servers.

After completing this course, students will be able to:
Describe the functionality of Windows PowerShell and use it to run and find basic commands.
Identify and run cmdlets for local system administration.
Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline.
Use PSProviders and PSDrives to work with other forms of storage.
Query system information by using WMI and CIM.
Work with variables, arrays, and hash tables.
Create basic scripts in Windows PowerShell.
Administer remote computers with Windows PowerShell.
Manage Azure resources with PowerShell.
Manage Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell.
Use background jobs and scheduled jobs.

This course is intended 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 Windows 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.

Lesson Id Title Description
1 Getting started with Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell overview
Understand Windows PowerShell command syntax
Find commands and get help in Windows PowerShell
2 Windows PowerShell for local systems administration Active Directory Domain Services administration cmdlets
Network configuration cmdlets
Server administration cmdlets
Windows PowerShell in Windows 10
3 Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline Understand the pipeline
Select, sort, and measure objects
Filter objects out of the pipeline
Enumerate objects in the pipeline
Send and pass pipeline data as output
4 Using PSProviders and PSDrives Using PSProviders
Using PSDrives
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
6 Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables Use variables
Manipulate variables
Manipulate arrays and hash tables
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
8 Administering remote computers with Windows PowerShell Use basic Windows PowerShell remoting
Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
Use PSSessions
9 Managing Azure resources with PowerShell Azure PowerShell
Introduce Azure Cloud Shell
Manage Azure VMs with PowerShell
Manage storage and subscriptions
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
11 Using background jobs and scheduled jobs Use background jobs
Use scheduled jobs
Self-Paced

Free

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This course includes: :
Full lifetime access