Automating Windows Server® 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell™ Training Course

Students learn skills to utilize Windows PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows Server 2008. The course focuses on cmdlets, script structure and flow control, language syntax, and implementation details of scripting.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Microsoft Windows PowerShell
Introduction to Windows PowerShell Installing Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 Lab : Implementing Windows PowerShell

Lesson 2: Overview of Microsoft Windows PowerShell
Overview of Objects Working with Cmdlets Tab Expansion, Aliases, and History Using Variables and Types Lab : Working with Windows PowerShell Cmdlets, Aliases, Objects, and Variables

Lesson 3: Building Pipelines for Assembly-Line Style Processing
Using Pipelines Using Arrays Filtering and Iterating Through the Pipeline Reordering Objects in a Pipeline Lab : Implementing Pipelines in Windows PowerShell

Lesson 4: Managing Processes and Formatting Cmdlet Output
Managing Windows Processes with Microsoft Windows PowerShell Formatting Cmdlet Output Lab : Output Formatting and Process Control with Windows PowerShell

Lesson 5: Introduction to Scripting with Microsoft Windows PowerShell
Writing Windows PowerShell Scripts Script Parameters Security in Windows PowerShell Customizing Windows PowerShell with Profiles Lab : Implementing Scripts in Windows PowerShell

Lesson 6: Implementing Flow Control and Functions
Controlling the Flow of Execution Within Scripts Iteration Flow Control Developing and Using Functions Lab : Implementing Functions and Flow Control in Windows PowerShell

Lesson 7: Working with Files, the Registry, and Certificate Stores
Using Data Stores Using Providers Filtering and Selecting with Regular Expressions Implementing Event Log Management Persisting Objects in Files Lab : Working with Files, the Registry, and Certificate Stores

Lesson 8: Managing the Windows Operating System Using Microsoft Windows PowerShell and WMI
Introduction to WMI and WMI Objects Managing Disks and Disk Volumes Using Windows PowerShell with WMI Managing Shadow Copies Using Windows PowerShell with WMI Managing Shared Folders with Windows PowerShell Managing Terminal Services with WMI Managing IIS 7.0 with WMI Lab : Managing the Windows Operating System with Windows PowerShell and WMI

Lesson 9: Administering Active Directory with Microsoft Windows PowerShell
Administering Domains and Forests Using .NET Objects Managing User Accounts and Groups Using ADSI Managing Relationships Between Users and Groups Web Administration Using IIS 7.0 Lab : Administering Active Directory with Windows PowerShell

Lesson 10: Administering Group Policy in Microsoft Windows PowerShell Using COM
Managing GPOs Using the GPMC COM Interface Managing Group Policy Objects Reporting Group Policy Lab : Administering Group Policy in Microsoft Windows PowerShell