Introduction to Powershell

Learn the power of PowerShell and how to become a true Windows power user.

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Last Updated: 2022-04-25 06:04:48 English Course Type: Self Learning

You will learn how to use PowerShell from the command line to perform tasks on your computer
You will learn how to interact with Active Directory from the command line and perform searches on the directory
You will learn how to navigate the PowerShell help system
You will learn about the object oriented design of PowerShell

PowerShell is more than a simple batch programing language. It is a powerful command line shell with amazing scripting capabilities. It is the heart of the new direction that MIcrosoft is going for administering all Microsoft products and the Windows workstation and server platforms. Even a lot of the tools that now ship with Microsoft products are built on PowerShell.

In this course you will learn the true nature of how PowerShell works. You will learn how to use it as a command line shell with amazing power. You will learn how to connect to the file system, and to Active Directory. PowerShell will help you to complete tasks in a fraction of the time you used to take.

Need access to Windows workstation (preferably Windows 10) with PowerShell installed
For exercises connecting to Active Directory need a Windows AD domain.
Solid understanding of Windows and the Windows file system

Persons with intermediate or advanced skill level on Windows
Help desk personnel who need to perform more complex tasks on workstations
Network administrators who need to be able to interact with Windows servers for day to day operation
Administrators of Microsoft products like Exchange or MS SQL

Section 1 : Introduction to course and setting up virtual lab 2 Lectures 00:13:45
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to class Preview
Lecture 2 :
Installing VirtualBox and a Windows 10 virtual computer
Section 2 : Introduction to PowerShell Environment 2 Lectures 00:13:09
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to PowerShell Environment
Lecture 2 :
Choosing the PowerShell environment to use
Section 3 : Learning the help system 2 Lectures 00:12:15
Lecture 1 :
Interpreting the help system
Lecture 2 :
Finding commands using the help system
Section 4 : Running PowerShell commands 2 Lectures 00:08:34
Lecture 1 :
Running PowerShell Commands
Lecture 2 :
PowerShell Aliases
Section 5 : Filtering and Reformatting output 4 Lectures 00:11:01
Lecture 1 :
Using Format-List
Lecture 2 :
Using Format-Table
Lecture 3 :
Writing to a file and the pipeline at the same time
Lecture 4 :
Using Where-Object to filter results
Section 6 : PowerShell Providers 4 Lectures 00:23:46
Lecture 1 :
PowerShell PSProviders - The File System
Lecture 2 :
PowerShell PSProviders - The Registry
Lecture 3 :
Getting file listing on a remote computer
Lecture 4 :
Installing remote support for Active Directory
Section 7 : The pipeline and the advantage of object oriented design 6 Lectures 00:25:39
Lecture 1 :
What is an object and object oriented design
Lecture 2 :
Exploring objects and properties
Lecture 3 :
Sorting objects
Lecture 4 :
Selecting objects
Lecture 5 :
Process flow through the pipeline
Lecture 6 :
Using Where-Object to filter results
Section 8 : Introduction to Variables 2 Lectures 00:10:30
Lecture 1 :
What is a variable
Lecture 2 :
Using the THIS variable
Section 9 : Introduction to managing Active Directory 2 Lectures 00:09:01
Lecture 1 :
Using Get-ADUser
Lecture 2 :
Using Get-ADGroup and Get-ADGroupMember
Section 10 : Bonus Material 3 Lectures 00:14:06
Lecture 1 :
Building Windows server on AWS
Lecture 2 :
PowerShell Punctuation Quick Reference
Lecture 3 :
PowerShell Operators Quick Reference

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