AZ-040 Training: Automating Administration with PowerShell

Automate Everything and Administer with PowerShell Azure AZ-040

PowerShell automation can save you time and effort.  Stop making human errors that require human intervention to fix.   Be an IT Hero and start speeding up processes by removing the time intensive error prone manual processes that your organization is using today!  You can be a IT hero!

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Join us for a fun class and you will Learn:

• 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.
• Create 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.

We make this better, but here is what Microsoft Provides – Course Overview

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.

This course is a good career choice for you:

 (PowerShell is cool, might as well start with this course) Administrators with No prior experience with any version of PowerShell or any scripting language is assumed.  This course is also suitable for IT Professionals already experienced in server administration, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft SQL Server.This is for  IT Professionals who are already experienced in general Windows Server, Windows client, Azure, and Microsoft 365 administration who want to learn more about using Windows PowerShell for administration.

Nice to have before you come to class:

• Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation.
• Experience with Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Here is what Microsoft Course outline

Course Outline (Detailed breakdown may vary):

• Module 1: Introduction to PowerShell
  • PowerShell Overview
  • Working with the PowerShell Console
  • Understanding Cmdlets, Parameters, and Help System
• Module 2: Scripting Fundamentals
  • Control Flow Statements (if/else, loops)
  • Functions for Modular Scripting
  • Error Handling Techniques
• Module 3: Working with Data in Scripts
  • Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables
  • Working with Operators and Expressions
• Module 4: Interacting with Data Stores
  • PowerShell Providers and Drives
  • Using CIM and WMI for Configuration Management
• Module 5: Automating Windows Administration
  • Scripting User and Group Management
  • Automating File System Tasks
  • Registry Management with PowerShell
• Module 6: Integrating with Azure and Microsoft 365 (if applicable)
  • Introduction to Azure cmdlets
  • Automating Azure Resource Management (limited scope)
  • (Optional) Basic Automation for Microsoft 365 Tasks
• Module 7: Importing and Exporting Data
  • Working with Text and CSV Files
  • Importing JSON and XML Data
  • Exporting Script Output for Reporting

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