What You'll Learn

• Use Windows PowerShell commands and navigate the Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Use pipelines and scripts
• Manipulate data using variables and arrays
• Create, execute, and sign scripts for security
• Use script flow control statements

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Windows PowerShell - the Basics

• What Windows PowerShell Is
  • What Windows PowerShell Is
  • Installation
  • Starting Windows PowerShell
  • PowerShell Commands
  • Shell Function Commands
  • Script Commands
  • Native Commands
  • Command Line Interface (CLI) Navigation
• Windows PowerShell Cmdlets
• Windows PowerShell Snap-Ins
• Windows PowerShell Navigation
  • Drives
  • Aliases
  • Parameters
  • Help
  • Variables
  • Windows PowerShell Profiles
  • Creating a Profile

2. The Windows PowerShell Pipeline, Scripts, and Syntax

• Pipelines
• Scripts
  • Properties and Methods
  • Object Sorting
• Syntax, Special Characters, and Operators
  • Quotes
  • Output Redirection
  • Command Continuation
  • Special Characters
  • Operator Precedence
  • Operators Galore

3. Variables and Data Types, Variable Scopes, and Arrays

• Variables and Data Types
  • More Data Types
  • Variables with Variables!
  • Environment Variables
  • Get-Variable
  • Set-Variable
  • New-Variable
  • Clear-Variable
  • Remove-Variable
• Variable Scopes
• Arrays
  • Associative Arrays

4. Security

• Script Execution
  • Running a Script
  • Execution Policy
  • Group Policy for Execution
• Script Signing
  • Local Certificate Authority Creation
  • Signing Certificate Creation
  • Signing Scripts Using Certificates
  • Secure String Creation
  • Whatif
• Requesting Credentials and Using Secure Strings

5. Script Flow Control Statements

• Foreach and For
  • Foreach
  • For
• While/Do While/Do Until
  • While
  • Do While
  • Do Until
• Branching with IF and SWITCH
  • IF
  • Switch
• Break/Continue
  • Break
  • Continue

6. Formatting

• Using Format-cmdlets
  • Format-List (FL)
  • Format-Table
  • Format-Wide
  • Format-Custom
  • Groupby
  • Group-Object
  • Session Colors
• Using Sort-Object, Where-Object
  • Sort-Object
  • Where-Object
• Exporting Results to Files
  • CSV
  • XML
  • HTML

7. Regular Expressions

• Understanding Regular Expression Characters
• Using Regular Expressions
  • Select-String

8. Functions

• Functions, Filters, and Arguments
  • Functions
  • Filters
  • Function Management
• Scripting with Functions and Parameters
  • Passing Arguments into a Script

9. Error Handling

• Error Handling
• Script Debugging

10. Advanced Scripting for Administrators

• Manipulating Files and Folders
• Modifying Registry Data
• Retrieving Event Log Information
• Understanding ADSI and Windows PowerShell
• Using the New-Object cmdlet
• Understanding Timer Jobs

Classroom Dates and Locations

Date	Location
Jan 5 - 7, 2011	Toronto, ON	Register
Jan 5 - 7, 2011	Ottawa, ON	Register
Jan 5 - 7, 2011	Montreal, QC	Register
Jan 5 - 7, 2011	Halifax, NS	Register
Feb 2 - 4, 2011	Winnipeg, MB	Register
Feb 2 - 4, 2011	Mississauga, ON	Register
Feb 2 - 4, 2011	Kitchener, ON	Register
May 25 - 27, 2011	Toronto, ON	Register
May 25 - 27, 2011	Ottawa, ON	Register
May 25 - 27, 2011	Montreal, QC	Register
May 25 - 27, 2011	Halifax, NS	Register
Jun 1 - 3, 2011	Winnipeg, MB	Register
Jun 1 - 3, 2011	Mississauga, ON	Register
Jun 1 - 3, 2011	Kitchener, ON	Register

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