AZ-040T00: Automating Administration with PowerShell

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.

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for IT Professionals who are already experienced in general Windows Server, Windows client, Azure, and Microsoft 365 administration, and who want to learn more about using Windows PowerShell for administration. 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.

Course Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

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

Agenda

1 – Review Windows PowerShell

2 – Understand the command syntax in Windows PowerShell

3 – Find commands and Get-Help in Windows PowerShell

4 – Manage Active Directory Domain Services using PowerShell cmdlets

5 – Manage network service settings for Windows devices using PowerShell cmdlets

6 – Manage Windows Server settings using PowerShell cmdlets

7 – Manage settings for a local Windows machine using PowerShell cmdlets

8 – Understand the Windows PowerShell pipeline

9 – Select, sort, and measure objects using the pipeline

10 – Filter objects out of the pipeline

11 – Enumerate objects in the pipeline

12 – Send and pass data as output from the pipeline

13 – Pass pipeline objects

14 – Connect with data stores using PowerShell providers

15 – Use PowerShell drives in PowerShell

16 – Review CIM and WMI

17 – Query configuration information by using CIM and WMI

18 – Query and manipulate repository objects by using CIM and WMI methods

19 – Manage variables in Windows PowerShell scripts

20 – Work with arrays and hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts

21 – Create and run scripts by using Windows PowerShell

22 – Work with scripting constructs in Windows PowerShell

23 – Import data in different formats for use in scripts by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets

24 – Use methods to accept user inputs in Windows PowerShell scripts

25 – Troubleshoot scripts and handle errors in Windows PowerShell

26 – Use functions and modules in Windows PowerShell scripts

27 – Manage single and multiple computers by using Windows PowerShell remoting

28 – Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques

29 – Manage persistent connections to remote computers by using Windows PowerShell sessions

30 – Review Azure PowerShell module

31 – Review the features and tools for Azure Cloud Shell

32 – Manage Azure resources with Windows PowerShell

33 – Manage users, groups, and licenses in Microsoft Entra ID by using Windows PowerShell

34 – Manage Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell

35 – Manage SharePoint Online by using Windows PowerShell

36 – Manage Microsoft Teams by using Windows PowerShell

37 – Create and manage background jobs using Windows PowerShell

38 – Create and manage scheduled jobs using Windows PowerShell