AZ-040: 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.
Course Duration
5 days
Audience Profile
This course (AZ-040) 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.
Prerequisites
To successfully follow this learning path, you should have experience with:
- Windows Server and Windows Client administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Windows networking technologies, including IP addressing, name resolution, and DHCP.
- Basic security best practices.
- Windows PowerShell, including cmdlets for system administration (Active Directory, network configuration, server management, and Windows 10 device administration).
- Windows PowerShell pipeline.
Course Syllabus
Modul 1: Get started with Windows PowerShell
Modul 2: Maintain system administration tasks in Windows PowerShell
Modul 3: Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline
Modul 4: Work with PowerShell providers and PowerShell drives in Windows PowerShell
Modul 5: Query management information by using Common Information Model and Windows Management Instrumentation
Modul 6: Use variables, arrays, and hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts
Modul 7: Create and modify scripts by using Windows PowerShell
Modul 8: Administer remote computers by using Windows PowerShell
Modul 9: Manage cloud resources by using Windows PowerShell
Modul 10: Manage Microsoft 365 services by using Windows PowerShell
Modul 11: Create and manage background jobs and scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell
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