Duration: 5 days – 35 hrs
Overview
Shell scripts are mostly used to avoid repetitive work. You can write a script to automate a set of instructions to be executed one after the other, instead of typing in the commands one after the other n number of times. It introduces various concepts to help you create script files and make them as robust as possible. Shell scripting is simple and efficient to use. The command and syntax are the same as that of other programming languages. The programmer can quickly write and start the shell scripts, interactive debugging.
Objectives
- To learn the fundamentals of PowerShell from the command line and via scripts
- To take a deep dive in to the underlying technologies in use with PowerShell
- To learn how to automate common operations using PowerShell
- We will look at PowerShell in Windows and in Windows Servers such as SQL, Exchange and System Center
Audience
- System Administrators
- Network Administrators
- Programmers
- Support Professionals
- Windows users
Pre- requisites
- no pre-requisites
Course Content
- Overview
- PowerShell and The Holy Trinity
- Discovery
- Formatting
- Remoting
- Providers
- Scripting concepts
- Modules
- .NET, WMI and COM Objects
- PowerShell and Windows Server/Client
- PowerShell in Key Microsoft Servers
- Taking it to the Next Level
- The Basics
- Discovery – finding your way and discovering more
- Formatting – how to format output nicely
- Remoting – working with remote systems
- Providers – getting into OS data stores
- Diving Deep
- Scripting Concepts – automating everyday tasks including language constructs, error handling and
- debugging
- Modules – managing PowerShell in the enterprise
- .NET/WMI/COM objects – working with objects
- Practical PowerShell
- PowerShell and Windows Client/Server – how you can use built in PowerShell cmdlets
- PowerShell in Key Microsoft Servers – a look at PowerShell today in SQL, SCVMM plus a look forward to
- the future with SharePoint 2010
- Taking it to the Next Level – the stuff we can’t cover in these three days
- PowerShell Fundaments – the key elements of PowerShell plus installation, setup, profiles
