PowerShell Intermediate
SU-531(2 days)
PowerShell Intermediate
10.000 DKK
(excl. VAT)
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Description
This course is a natural follow-up to SU-530 PowerShell Basics.
To take this course, you need a basic understanding of cmdlets, objects, the pipeline syntax and the PowerShell help system.
In short, every Microsoft platform can be controlled and managed with Windows PowerShell. That's why the scripting language is widely used both in Azure and on-premises.
On the course, we take a deep dive into PSDrives. PSDrives are used in many places to expose objects in a way that makes them easy to navigate. On-premises, for example, they give you access to the Windows Registry and IIS. In the cloud, every Azure resource is available in a PSDrive.
You are also introduced to the PowerShell CIM cmdlets. They replace the old WMI queries and are useful for retrieving system information and configuring settings that are not available directly through PowerShell.
We also spend a lot of time on remoting, a core part of PowerShell for remote administration of servers and desktop machines. Windows PowerShell uses WinRM, while PowerShell 7 also supports SSH. Long-running scripts can be run ad hoc as a job, or they can be attached to a background job and run on a fixed schedule, for example every night.
We practice creating and managing resources. One example is a virtual machine in Azure, which you can create quickly with the Az module for PowerShell in Cloud Shell. Microsoft Entra ID users and groups are central to all the Microsoft 365 services, such as Teams, SharePoint and Exchange. The Microsoft Graph module offers a number of cmdlets, but you may still need functionality from the old modules.
Every module includes a lab with exercises. This gives you hands-on experience throughout the course, so you can apply the PowerShell knowledge and understanding you gain as you go.
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Prerequisites
To get the most out of the course, we recommend experience or knowledge equivalent to:
Next steps
If you want to build on your skills, these may be relevant:
Module overview
This module introduces the PSProviders and PSDrives adapters. A PSProvider is basically a Windows PowerShell adapter makes some form of storage resemble a hard drive. A PSDrive is an actual connection to a form of storage. You can use these two technologies to work with various forms of storage by using the same commands and techniques that you use to manage the file system.
Lessons
- Using PSProviders
- Using PSDrives
Lab : Using PSProviders and PSDrives with PowerShell
- Creating files and folders on a remote computer
- Creating a registry key for your future scripts
- Create a new Active Directory group
This module introduces you to two parallel technologies: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Common Information Model (CIM). Both these technologies provide local and remote access to a repository of management information including access to robust information available from the operating system, computer hardware, and installed software.
Lessons
- Understand CIM and WMI
- Query data by using CIM and WMI
- Make changes by using CIM and WMI
Lab : Querying information by using WMI and CIM
- Querying information by using WMI
- Querying information by using CIM
- Invoking methods
This module introduces you to the Windows PowerShell remoting technology that enables you to connect to one or more remote computers and instruct them to run commands on your behalf.
Lessons
- Use basic Windows PowerShell remoting
- Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
- Use PSSessions
Lab : Performing remote administration with PowerShell
- Enabling remoting on the local computer
- Performing one-to-one remoting
- Performing one-to-many remoting
- Using implicit remoting
This module provides information about installing the necessary modules for cloud services management. It explains how to use PowerShell commands to perform some simple administrative tasks on cloud resources such as Azure virtual machines (VMs), Azure storage accounts, and Azure subscriptions. This module also describes how to use the Azure Cloud Shell environment to perform PowerShell-based or Bash-based administration directly from the Azure portal.
Lessons
- Azure PowerShell
- Introduce Azure Cloud Shell
- Manage Azure VMs with PowerShell
- Manage storage and subscriptions
Lab : Azure resource management with PowerShell
- Activating the Azure subscription and installing the PowerShell Az module
- Using Azure Cloud Shell
- Managing Azure resources with Azure PowerShell
This module describes how to use PowerShell to manage Microsoft 365 user accounts, licenses, and groups, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Teams.
Lessons
- Manage Microsoft 365 user accounts, licenses, and groups with PowerShell
- Manage Exchange Online with PowerShell
- Manage SharePoint Online with PowerShell
- Manage Microsoft Teams with PowerShell
Lab : Managing Microsoft 365 with PowerShell
- Managing users and groups in Azure AD
- Managing Exchange Online
- Managing SharePoint
- Managing Microsoft Teams
This module describes how to use background jobs and scheduled jobs. It also explains how to create scheduled jobs and retrieve job results.
Lessons
- Use background jobs
- Use scheduled jobs
Lab : Jobs management with PowerShell
- Starting and managing jobs
- Creating a scheduled job
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