AZ-040T00: Automate Administration with PowerShell

Description

Duration: 5 days

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 the skills to identify and build the command they require to perform a specific task. In addition, students learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports. This course provides prerequisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365. In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any one of those products, although Windows Server, which is the common platform for all of those products, will serve as the example for the techniques this course teaches.

Target Audience

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. This course is also suitable for IT Professionals already experienced in server administration, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Prerequisites

No prior experience with any version of PowerShell or any scripting language is assumed.

What’s included?

  • Authorized Courseware
  • Intensive Hands on Skills Development with an Experienced Subject Matter Expert
  • Hands on practice on real Servers and extended lab support 1.800.482.3172
  • Examination Vouchers & Onsite Certification Testing – (excluding Adobe and PMP Boot Camps)
  • Academy Code of Honor: Test Pass Guarantee
  • Optional: Package for Hotel Accommodations, Lunch and Transportation

With several convenient training delivery methods offered, The Code Academy makes getting the training you need easy. Whether you prefer to learn in a classroom or an online live learning virtual environment, training videos hosted online, and private group classes hosted at your site. We offer expert instruction to individuals, government agencies, non-profits, and corporations. Our live classes, on-sites, and online training videos all feature certified instructors who teach a detailed curriculum and share their expertise and insights with trainees. No matter how you prefer to receive the training, you can count on The Code Academy for an engaging and effective learning experience.

Methods

  • Instructor Led (the best training format we offer)
  • Live Online Classroom – Online Instructor Led
  • Self-Paced Video

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Learning Objectives
  • Get started with Windows PowerShell
  • Maintain system administration tasks in Windows PowerShell
  • Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline
  • Work with PowerShell providers and PowerShell drives in Windows PowerShell
  • Query management information by using Common Information Model and Windows Management Instrumentation
  • Use variables, arrays, and hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts
  • Create and modify scripts by using Windows PowerShell
  • Administer remote computers by using Windows PowerShell
  • Manage cloud resources by using Windows PowerShell
  • Manage Microsoft 365 services by using Windows PowerShell
  • Create and manage background jobs and scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell
Course Outline
Module 1: Get started with Windows PowerShell
  • Review Windows PowerShell
  • Understand the command syntax in Windows PowerShell
  • Find commands and Get-Help in Windows PowerShell
Module 2: Maintain system administration tasks in Windows PowerShell
  • Manage Active Directory Domain Services using PowerShell cmdlets
  • Manage network service settings for Windows devices using PowerShell cmdlets
  • Manage Windows Server settings using PowerShell cmdlets
  • Manage settings for a local Windows machine using PowerShell cmdlets
Module 3: Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline
  • Understand the Windows PowerShell pipeline
  • Select, sort, and measure objects using the pipeline
  • Filter objects out of the pipeline
  • Enumerate objects in the pipeline
  • Send and pass data as output from the pipeline
  • Pass pipeline objects
Module 4: Work with PowerShell providers and PowerShell drives in Windows PowerShell
  • Connect with data stores using PowerShell providers
  • Use PowerShell drives in PowerShell
Module 5: Query management information by using Common Information Model and Windows Management Instrumentation
  • Review CIM and WMI
  • Query configuration information by using CIM and WMI
  • Query and manipulate repository objects by using CIM and WMI methods
Module 6: Use variables, arrays, and hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts
  • Manage variables in Windows PowerShell scripts
  • Work with arrays and hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts
Module 7: Create and modify scripts by using Windows PowerShell
  • Create and run scripts by using Windows PowerShell
  • Work with scripting constructs in Windows PowerShell
  • Import data in different formats for use in scripts by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
  • Use methods to accept user inputs in Windows PowerShell scripts
  • Troubleshoot scripts and handle errors in Windows PowerShell
  • Use functions and modules in Windows PowerShell scripts
Module 8: Administer remote computers by using Windows PowerShell
  • Manage single and multiple computers by using Windows PowerShell remoting
  • Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
  • Manage persistent connections to remote computers by using Windows PowerShell sessions
Module 9: Manage cloud resources by using Windows PowerShell
  • Review Azure PowerShell module
  • Review the features and tools for Azure Cloud Shell
  • Manage Azure resources with Windows PowerShell
Module 10: Manage Microsoft 365 services by using Windows PowerShell
  • Manage users, groups, and licenses in Microsoft Entra ID by using Windows PowerShell
  • Manage Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell
  • Manage SharePoint Online by using Windows PowerShell
  • Manage Microsoft Teams by using Windows PowerShell
Module 11: Create and manage background jobs and scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell
  • Create and manage background jobs using Windows PowerShell
  • Create and manage scheduled jobs using Windows PowerShell