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 explains how to open and configure Windows PowerShell. It also explains how to run commands and use the built-in Help system in Windows PowerShell.

Lessons

Windows PowerShell overview
Understand Windows PowerShell command syntax
Find commands and get help in Windows PowerShell

Lab : Configuring Windows PowerShell, and finding and running commands

Configuring the Windows PowerShell console application
Configuring the Windows PowerShell ISE application
Finding and running Windows PowerShell commands
Using About files

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe key features of Windows PowerShell, and open and configure it.
Discover, learn, and run Windows PowerShell commands.
Find Windows PowerShell commands for performing specific tasks.

Module 2: Windows PowerShell for local systems administration
This module introduces you to the different types of cmdlets commonly used for system 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 these cmdlets. This module also explains how to manage Windows 10 by using PowerShell..

Lessons

Active Directory Domain Services administration cmdlets
Network configuration cmdlets
Server administration cmdlets
Windows PowerShell in Windows 10

Lab : Administering local systems using PowerShell

Creating and managing Active Directory objects
Configuring network settings on Windows Server
Creating a website

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Identify and use cmdlets for AD DS administration.
Identify and use cmdlets for network configuration.
Identify and use cmdlets for server administration tasks.
Manage Windows 10 using PowerShell

Module 3: Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline
This module introduces the pipeline feature of Windows PowerShell. The pipeline feature is included in several command-line shells such as the command prompt in the Windows operating system. However, the pipeline feature in Windows PowerShell provides more complex, flexible, and capable functionalities compared to other shells. This module provides you with the skills and knowledge that will help you use Windows PowerShell more effectively and efficiently.

Lessons

Understand the pipeline
Select, sort, and measure objects
Filter objects out of the pipeline
Enumerate objects in the pipeline
Send pipeline data as output

Lab : Using PowerShell pipeline

Selecting, sorting, and displaying data
Filtering objects

Lab : Using PowerShell pipeline

Enumerating objects
Converting objects

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the purpose of the Windows PowerShell pipeline.
Select, sort, and measure objects in the pipeline.
Filter objects out of the pipeline.
Enumerate objects in the pipeline.
Send output consisting of pipeline data.

Module 4: Using PSProviders and PSDrives
This module introduces the PSProviders and PSDrives adapters. A PSProvider is basically a Windows PowerShell adapter makes some form of storage resemble a hard drive. A PSDrive is an actual connection to a form of storage. You can use these two technologies to work with various forms of storage by using the same commands and techniques that you use to manage the file system.

Lessons

Using PSProviders
Using PSDrives

Lab : Using PSProviders and PSDrives with PowerShell

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use PSProviders.
Use PSDrives.

Module 5: Querying management information by using CIM and WMI
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

Understand CIM and WMI
Query data by using CIM and WMI
Make changes by using CIM and WMI

Lab : Making changes by using CIM and WMI

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Differentiate between CIM and WMI.
Query management information by using CIM and WMI.
Invoke methods by using CIM and WMI.

Module 6: Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables
Variables are an essential component of scripts. You can use variables to accomplish complex tasks that you can't complete by using a single command. This module explains how to work with variables, arrays, and hash tables as steps in learning how to create Windows PowerShell scripts.

Lessons

Use variables
Manipulate variables
Manipulate arrays and hash tables

Lab : Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables

Working with variable types
Using arrays
Using hash tables

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Assign a value to variables.
Describe how to manipulate variables.
Describe how to manipulate arrays and hash tables.

Module 7: Windows PowerShell scripting
This module explains 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

Introduction to scripting with Windows PowerShell
Script constructs
Import data from files
Accept user input
Troubleshooting and error handling
Functions and modules

Lab : Using scripts with PowerShell

Signing a script
Processing an array with a ForEach loop
Processing items by using If statements
Creating users based on a CSV file
Querying disk information from remote computers
Updating the script to use alternate credentials

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Run a Windows PowerShell script.
Use Windows PowerShell scripting constructs.
Import data from a file.
Accept user input for a script.
Implement error handling for a script.
Explain functions and modules.

Module 8: Administering remote computers with Windows PowerShell
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

Use basic Windows PowerShell remoting
Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
Use PSSessions

Lab : Performing remote administration with PowerShell

Enabling remoting on the local computer
Performing one-to-one remoting
Performing one-to-many remoting
Using implicit remoting

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe remoting architecture and security.
Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques.
Create and manage persistent remoting sessions.

Module 9: Managing Azure resources with PowerShell
This module provides information about installing the necessary modules for cloud services management. It explains how to use PowerShell commands to perform some simple administrative tasks on cloud resources such as Azure virtual machines (VMs), Azure storage accounts, and Azure subscriptions. This module also describes how to use the Azure Cloud Shell environment to perform PowerShell-based or Bash-based administration directly from the Azure portal.

Lessons

Azure PowerShell
Introduce Azure Cloud Shell
Manage Azure VMs with PowerShell
Manage storage and subscriptions

Lab : Azure resource management with PowerShell

Activating the Azure subscription and installing the PowerShell Az module
Using Azure Cloud Shell
Managing Azure resources with Azure PowerShell

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe, install, and use the Azure PowerShell environment
Describe and use Azure Cloud Shell.
Manage Azure VMs with PowerShell.
Manage Azure storage accounts and subscriptions with Azure PowerShell.

Module 10: Managing Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell
This module describes how to use PowerShell to manage Microsoft 365 user accounts, licenses, and groups, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Teams.

Lessons

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

Lab : Managing Microsoft 365 with PowerShell

Managing users and groups in Azure AD
Managing Exchange Online
Managing SharePoint Online
Managing Microsoft Teams

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use PowerShell to manage users, groups, and licenses in Azure AD
Manage Exchange Online with PowerShell.
Manage SharePoint Online with PowerShell.
Manage Microsoft Teams with PowerShell.

Module 11: Using background jobs and scheduled jobs
This module describes how to use background jobs and scheduled jobs. It also explains how to create scheduled jobs and retrieve job results.

Lessons

Use background jobs
Use scheduled jobs

Lab : Jobs management with PowerShell

Starting and managing jobs
Creating a scheduled job

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and manage background jobs.
Create and manage scheduled jobs.

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