This course provides fundamental knowledge and skills to use Windows PowerShell for automating administration of Windows servers. Students learn to build commands and scripts for tasks like automation and reporting, applicable across Microsoft products including Windows Server, Exchange, and Azure.

Learning Outcomes

• 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
• Write 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

Prerequisites

No specific prerequisites mentioned, but a basic understanding of Windows operating systems and command-line interfaces is recommended.