This five day course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use Windows PowerShell 4.0 for administering and automating administration of Windows based servers. It focuses on primary Windows PowerShell command-line features and techniques, and will provide pre-requisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, System Center, and more. 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) will serve as the example for the techniques being taught.

• Module 1: Getting Started with Windows PowerShell
• Module 2: Working with the Pipeline
• Module 3: Understanding How the Pipeline Works
• Module 4: Using PSProviders and PSDrives
• Module 5: Formatting Output
• Module 6: Querying Management Information by Using WMI and CIM
• Module 7: Preparing for Scripting
• Module 8: Moving From a Command to Script to Module
• Module 9: Administering Remote Computers
• Module 10: Putting it All Together
• Module 11: Using Background Jobs and Scheduled Jobs
• Module 12: Using Profiles and Advanced PowerShell Techniques

• Previous  Windows Server and Windows Client management knowledge and hands on experience.
• Experience installing and configuring Windows Server into existing enterprise environments, or as standalone installations.
• Knowledge and experience of network adapter configuration, basic Active Directory user administration, and basic disk configuration.
• Knowledge and hands on experience specifically with Windows Server 2012/Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8/Windows 8.1 would be of benefit but is not essential.