Information Technology

AZ-040T00: Automating Administration with PowerShell

Instructor-Led 11 Agenda

Description

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

Course Overview

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

Course Objective

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.

Who Should Attend

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.

Getting started with Windows PowerShell Lesson Id 1

Getting started with Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell for local systems administration Lesson Id 2

Windows PowerShell for local systems administration

Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline Lesson Id 3

Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline

Using PSProviders and PSDrives Lesson Id 4

Using PSProviders and PSDrives

Querying management information by using CIM and WMI Lesson Id 5

Querying management information by using CIM and WMI

Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables Lesson Id 6

Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables

Windows PowerShell scripting Lesson Id 7

Windows PowerShell scripting

Administering remote computers with Windows PowerShell Lesson Id 8

Administering remote computers with Windows PowerShell

Managing Azure resources with PowerShell Lesson Id 9

Managing Azure resources with PowerShell

Managing Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell Lesson Id 10

Managing Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell

Using background jobs and scheduled jobs Lesson Id 11

Using background jobs and scheduled jobs

Lesson Id	Title	Description
1	Getting started with Windows PowerShell	Windows PowerShell overview<br />Understand Windows PowerShell command syntax<br />Find commands and get help in Windows PowerShell
2	Windows PowerShell for local systems administration	Active Directory Domain Services administration cmdlets<br />Network configuration cmdlets<br />Server administration cmdlets<br />Windows PowerShell in Windows 10
3	Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline	Understand the pipeline<br />Select, sort, and measure objects<br />Filter objects out of the pipeline<br />Enumerate objects in the pipeline<br />Send and pass pipeline data as output
4	Using PSProviders and PSDrives	Using PSProviders<br />Using PSDrives
5	Querying management information by using CIM and WMI	Understand CIM and WMI<br />Query data by using CIM and WMI<br />Make changes by using CIM and WMI
6	Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables	Use variables<br />Manipulate variables<br />Manipulate arrays and hash tables
7	Windows PowerShell scripting	Introduction to scripting with Windows PowerShell<br />Script constructs<br />Import data from files<br />Accept user input<br />Troubleshooting and error handling<br />Functions and modules
8	Administering remote computers with Windows PowerShell	Use basic Windows PowerShell remoting<br />Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques<br />Use PSSessions
9	Managing Azure resources with PowerShell	Azure PowerShell<br />Introduce Azure Cloud Shell<br />Manage Azure VMs with PowerShell<br />Manage storage and subscriptions
10	Managing Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell	Manage Microsoft 365 user accounts, licenses, and groups with PowerShell<br />Manage Exchange Online with PowerShell<br />Manage SharePoint Online with PowerShell<br />Manage Microsoft Teams with PowerShell
11	Using background jobs and scheduled jobs	Use background jobs<br />Use scheduled jobs