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Introduction to Windows PowerShell

Length 1 day

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Why study this course

Perhaps you use Windows PowerShell daily but don’t really know what’s happening; for example, if you’re running someone else’s scripts. Perhaps you are like many of us and find scripts on the internet and modify them to suit your needs, but don’t really understand what certain components are doing. Perhaps you just want to do a few ad-hoc daily tasks more efficiently with task automation for Windows Server management or Microsoft Exchange Server maintenance. Or perhaps you're looking to start your PowerShell journey to master this versatile scripting language and automate tasks.

This one-day workshop will demystify PowerShell and take away some of the fear and mystery for those new to PowerShell. It will look at the hows and whys of the components of PowerShell and how to use the inbuilt self-discovery features to write PowerShell scripts.

This workshop is not intended for experienced PowerShell users. “Deep dive” courses, potentially covering configuration management and automating tasks with PowerShell, may be offered in the future.

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What you’ll learn

What is a PowerShell Object and why this knowledge is vital for working with PowerShell
How to use the PowerShell command line
How you can find a command that will assist you with your automation tasks
How you can get help in PowerShell
How to link multiple commands together via a pipeline
Key commands to sort and filter output to show only the content you want to see
How to export information into different file formats
How to use variables to store information within your scripts
How to make your scripts intelligent, to choose different actions based on certain conditions
How to create a simple PowerShell script to automate a task at work

Microsoft at Lumify Work

Lumify Work has been delivering effective training across all Microsoft products for over 30 years. We are proud to be both Australia's and New Zealand’s first Microsoft Gold Learning Solutions Partner and the winner of the Microsoft MCT Superstars Award for FY24, which formally recognises us as having the highest quality Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs) in ANZ. All Lumify Work Microsoft technical courses follow Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) and are led by MCTs.

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Who is the course for?

This workshop is intended for PowerShell novices, service desk staff, system admins, and anyone with an interest in PowerShell.

If you think PowerShell is a blue command prompt, this workshop is for you.

Course subjects

Module 0: Understanding Objects
Module 1: Getting to Know PowerShell
Module 2: Understanding Command Syntax
Module 3: Locating Commands
Module 4: Using the Help System
Module 5: Understanding Pipelines
Module 6: Selecting and Sorting Object Information
Module 7: Filtering
Module 8: Enumerating
Module 9: Exporting Data to Files
Module 10: Managing Active Directory
Module 11: Working with Variables
Module 12: Using Arrays and Hash Tables
Module 13: Working with Scripting Constructs

Prerequisites

None

Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.