6434 Automating Windows Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

This course is intended for Windows administrators interested in automating Windows Server 2008 administration tasks, as well as those people looking for a full-featured interactive command-line environment for Windows operating systems. Windows end users or developers who need to understand what is involved in Windows administration or command-line environments may also find this course helpful.

Before attending this course, students should have completed the following course or have equivalent knowledge:

• 6430, Planning for Windows Server 2008 Servers

In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:

• 2433, Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Microsoft Windows Script Host Essentials

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Install and launch Windows PowerShell
• Work with basic objects in Windows PowerShell, including using cmdlets, data types, variables, and fundamental object-based information models
• Implement sequences of operations by putting them together into a pipeline
• Control the formatting of the resultant set of objects that are emitted at the end of a pipeline
• Implement sequences of operations by putting them together into a script
• Implement flow control within scripts and define functions and filters to help modularize complex scripts
• Manipulate files and registry values
• Manage disk storage volumes, shadow copies, shared folders, Terminal Services and IIS properties using WMI in Windows PowerShell
• Administer and maintain Active Directory services and IIS 7.0 Web sites using Windows PowerShell
• Maintain Group Policy using Windows PowerShell

Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Windows PowerShell

Introduction to Windows PowerShell
Installing Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008

Module 2: Overview of Microsoft Windows PowerShell

Overview of Objects
Working with Cmdlets
Tab Expansion, Aliases, and History
Using Variables and Types

Module 3: Building Pipelines for Assembly-Line Style Processing

Using Pipelines
Using Arrays
Filtering and Iterating Through the Pipeline
Reordering Objects in a Pipeline

Module 4: Managing Processes and Formatting Cmdlet Output

Managing Windows Processes with Microsoft Windows PowerShell
Formatting Cmdlet Output

Module 5: Introduction to Scripting with Microsoft Windows PowerShell

Writing Windows PowerShell Scripts
Script Parameters
Security in Windows PowerShell
Customizing Windows PowerShell with Profiles

Module 6: Implementing Flow Control and Functions

Controlling the Flow of Execution Within Scripts
Iteration Flow Control
Developing and Using Functions

Module 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

Module 8: Managing 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

Module 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

Module 10: Administering Group Policy in Microsoft Windows PowerShell Using COM

Managing GPOs Using the GPMC COM Interface
Managing Group Policy Objects
Reporting Group Policy

Infero Training Ltd is based in the Lace Market in Nottingham. Training courses take place at the following locations including Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Burton-on-Trent, Lincoln, Leicester, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Birmingham, Solihul, Coventry, Nuneaton, Peterborough, Grantham.