Detailed Class Syllabus

Module 1: Getting Started with Windows PowerShell

Overview and Background
Finding and Learning Commands
Running Commands

Module 2: Cmdlets for administration

Active Directory administration cmdlets
Network configuration cmdlets
Other server administration cmdlets

Module 3: Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline

Understanding the pipeline
Selecting, sorting, and measuring objects
Filtering objects out of the pipeline
Enumerating objects in the pipeline
Sending pipeline data as output

Module 4: Understanding how the pipeline works

Passing the pipeline data
Advanced considerations for pipeline data

Module 5: Using PSProviders and PSDrives

Using PSProviders
Using PSDrives

Module 6: Querying system information by using WMI and CIM

Understanding WMI and CIM
Querying data by using WMI and CIM
Making changes with WMI/CIM

Module 7: Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables

Using variables.
Manipulating variables.
Manipulating arrays and hash tables

Module 8: Basic scripting

Introduction to scripting
Scripting constructs
Importing data from files

Module 9: Advanced scripting

Accepting user input
Overview of script documentation
Troubleshooting and error handling
Functions and modules

Module 10: Administering Remote Computers

Using basic Windows PowerShell remoting
Using advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
Using PSSessions

Module 11: Using background jobs and scheduled jobs

Using background jobs
Using scheduled jobs

Module 12: Using advanced Windows PowerShell techniques

Creating profile scripts
Using advanced techniques