Automating Administration with PowerShell (AZ-040)

In this Microsoft PowerShell Training course, you will learn how to use Windows PowerShell to administer and automate Windows server administration. You will also learn how to:

• Build commands to perform specific tasks
• Automate repetitive tasks using script
• Generate reports
• Manage Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell

Microsoft PowerShell Training: Automating Administration Delivery Methods

• In-Person

• Online

Important AZ-040 Course Information

• Automating Administration with PowerShell (AZ-040) Course Benefits

  • Master the Windows PowerShell pipeline to create both basic and advanced scripts, use background and scheduled jobs, administer remote computers, and more
  • Gain prerequisite skills for a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft System Center
  • Follow a curriculum based on Microsoft Official Courseware (MOC)
  • Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching

• Automating Administration with PowerShell (AZ-040) Prerequisites

  Before attending this course, students must have:

  • Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation.
  • Experience with Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Microsoft PowerShell Training: Automating Administration Course Outline

Module 1: Getting Started with Windows PowerShell

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Open and configure Windows PowerShell
• Run Windows PowerShell commands
• Find Windows PowerShell commands for performing specific tasks

Lab:

• Configuring the Windows PowerShell console application
• Configuring the Windows PowerShell ISE application
• Finding and running Windows PowerShell commands
• Using Help and About files

Module 2: Windows PowerShell for Local Systems Administration

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Install and use Windows PowerShell in Windows 10
• Use different cmdlets commands for Active Directory ( AD ) Domain Services ( DS ), network configuration, server administration, and other tasks

Lab:

• Creating a website
• Configuring network settings on Windows Server
• Creating and managing Active Directory objects

Module 3: Working with the Windows PowerShell Pipeline

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Select, sort, measure, and enumerate objects in the PowerShell pipeline
• Filter objects out of the pipeline
• Send output consisting of pipeline data

Lab:

• Selecting, sorting, and displaying data
• Filtering objects
• Enumerating objects
• Converting objects

Module 4: Using PSProviders and PSDrives

In this module, you will learn how to use PSProviders and PSDrives adapters to create virtual storage and manage it.

Lab:

• Creating a new Active Directory group
• Creating a registry key for your future scripts
• Creating files and folders on a remote computer

Module 5: Querying Management Information by Using CIM and WMI

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Differentiate between the Common Information Model ( CIM ) and Windows Management Instrumentation ( WMI )
• Access and alter management information remotely using CIM and WMI

Lab:

• Querying information by using WMI
• Querying information by using CIM
• Invoking methods

Module 6: Working with Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Use and manipulate variables, arrays and hash tables
• Assign values to variables

Lab:

• Using hash tables
• Using arrays
• Working with variable types

Module 7: Windows PowerShell Scripting

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Package and run a Windows PowerShell command in a script
• Use Windows PowerShell scripting constructs
• Perform repetitive and complex tasks using PowerShell script
• Troubleshoot scripts and understand error actions
• Create functions and modules

Lab:

• Signing a script
• Processing an array with a ForEach loop
• Processing items by using If statements
• Creating users based on a CSV file
• Querying disk information from remote computers
• Updating the script to use alternate credentials

Module 8: Administering Remote Computers with Windows PowerShell

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Connect to one or more remote computers and instruct them to run commands with PowerShell
• Create and manage persistent remoting sessions

Lab:

• Managing multiple computers
• Using implicit remoting
• Performing one-to-many remoting
• Performing one-to-one remoting
• Enabling remoting on the local computer

Module 9: Managing Azure Resources with PowerShell

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Manage Azure Virtual Machines ( VMs ) with PowerShell
• Use Azure Cloud Shell
• Manage Storage and Azure subscriptions with Azure PowerShell

Lab:

• Installing Azure PowerShell module
• Installing Cloud Shell
• Managing Azure resources with Azure PowerShell

Module 10: Managing Microsoft 365 Services with PowerShell

In this module, you will learn how to use PowerShell to manage:

• Microsoft 365 user accounts, licenses, and groups
• Exchange Online
• SharePoint Online
• Microsoft Teams

Lab:

• Managing Exchange Online resources with Windows PowerShell
• Managing SharePoint Online with Windows PowerShell
• Managing Microsoft 365 user and group objects with Windows PowerShell
• Connecting to Microsoft 365 with Windows PowerShell

Module 11: Using Background Jobs and Scheduled Jobs

In this module, you will learn how to use background jobs and scheduled jobs and retrieve job results.

Lab:

• Starting and managing jobs
• Creating a scheduled job