Training: Automating Administration with PowerShell (AZ-040)

Module 1: Reviewing Windows PowerShell

• Discover Windows PowerShell and its host applications
• Configure the PowerShell console and scripting environment
• Use Visual Studio Code with PowerShell

Module 2: Understanding Command Syntax in Windows PowerShell

• Explore the structure and parameters of cmdlets
• Utilize auto-complete functionality and help files

Module 3: Finding Commands and Using Get-Help in Windows PowerShell

• Define modules in PowerShell
• Search for cmdlets in PowerShell
• Use command aliases in PowerShell
• Leverage Show-Command and Get-Help commands
• Interpret help file content and update local help content in PowerShell

Module 4: Managing Active Directory Domain Services with PowerShell

• Manage user accounts
• Manage groups and group memberships
• Handle computer accounts
• Administer organizational units and Active Directory objects

Module 5: Managing Network Service Settings for Windows Devices

• Manage IP addresses
• Configure IP routing
• Administer DNS clients
• Set up Windows Firewall settings

Module 6: Managing Windows Server Settings

• Automate management tasks with Group Policy management cmdlets
• Manage server roles and services with cmdlets
• Handle Hyper-V virtual machines with cmdlets
• Administer Internet Information Services with cmdlets

Module 7: Managing Local Windows Machine Settings

• Administer Windows 10 using PowerShell
• Manage permissions with PowerShell

Module 8: Introducing the Windows PowerShell Pipeline

• Review the Windows PowerShell pipeline and its output
• Explore object members in PowerShell
• Control output formatting in the pipeline

Module 9: Selecting, Sorting, and Measuring Objects with the Pipeline

• Sort and group objects by property in the pipeline
• Measure objects in the pipeline
• Select a subset of objects in the pipeline
• Select object properties in the pipeline
• Create and format calculated properties in the pipeline

Module 10: Filtering Objects Out of the Pipeline

• Explore comparison operators in PowerShell
• Review basic filter syntax in the pipeline
• Learn advanced filter syntax in the pipeline
• Optimize pipeline filter performance

Module 11: Enumerating Objects in the Pipeline

• Discover enumerations in the pipeline
• Examine basic syntax for object enumeration
• Learn advanced syntax for object enumeration

Module 12: Sending and Passing Data as Pipeline Output

• Write pipeline data to a file
• Convert pipeline objects to other data representations
• Control additional output options in PowerShell

Module 13: Passing Pipeline Objects

• Understand pipeline parameter binding
• Identify ByValue parameters
• Pass data with ByValue
• Pass data with ByPropertyName
• Use manual parameters to override the pipeline
• Expand property values

Module 14: Connecting to Data Stores Using PowerShell Providers

• Define Windows PowerShell providers
• Explore built-in PowerShell providers
• Access provider help in PowerShell

Module 15: Using PowerShell Drives

• Explain PowerShell drives
• Manage the file system in PowerShell
• Handle the Registry in PowerShell
• Use certificates in PowerShell
• Utilize other PowerShell drives

Module 16: Reviewing CIM and WMI

• Understand CIM and WMI architecture
• Explore CIM and WMI repositories
• Search for online class documentation using CIM and WMI cmdlets

Module 17: Querying Configuration Information with CIM and WMI

• List namespaces and classes in a local repository
• Query instances using commands and WMI Query Language (WQL)
• Connect to remote computers using CIM and WMI cmdlets

Module 18: Querying and Manipulating Repository Objects with CIM and WMI Methods

• Discover repository object methods
• Invoke repository object methods