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Automating Administration with PowerShell Training (AZ-040)

Automating Administration with PowerShell Training (AZ-040)

Course 8659

Duration: 5 days
Language: English
Level: Advanced

This PowerShell Training course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows servers. This course provides students the skills to identify and build the command they require to perform a specific task. In addition, students learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports.

This course provides prerequisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365. 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 products, will serve as the example of the techniques this course teaches.

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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)

Training Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have experience with:

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

Certification Information

There is no exam or certification associated with AZ-040.

PowerShell Training Outline

Module 1: Review Windows PowerShell

Describe Windows PowerShell and its major versions.
Identify the common Windows PowerShell hosting applications.
Describe points to consider when using PowerShell.
Explain how to configure the Windows PowerShell console host.
Explain how to configure the Windows PowerShell ISE host.
Describe how to use VS Code for PowerShell scripting.

Module 2: Understand the command syntax in Windows PowerShell

Describe cmdlet structure.
Identify how to use Windows PowerShell parameters.
Explain how to use tab completion.
Explain how to display the About files content.
Use About files.

Module 3: Find commands and Get-Help in Windows PowerShell

Describe the relationship between modules and cmdlets.
Identify options for finding cmdlets.
Describe aliases.
Use aliases.
Explain how to use Show-Command.
Explain how to use Get-Help.
Review help.
Explain how to interpret the help file contents.
Explain how to update the local help content.

Module 4: Manage Active Directory Domain Services using PowerShell cmdlets

Identify user management cmdlets.
List group management cmdlets.
Manage users and groups.
Describe the cmdlets for managing computer objects.
Describe the cmdlets for managing organizational units (OUs).
Describe the cmdlets for managing Active Directory objects.

Module 5: Manage network service settings for Windows devices using PowerShell cmdlets

Identify cmdlets for managing TCP/IP settings.
Describe how to manage local routing table settings.
Describe how to modify DNS client configuration.
List cmdlets for managing Windows Firewall.
Configure network settings.

Module 6: Manage Windows Server settings using PowerShell cmdlets

Describe the cmdlets for managing Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
Describe the cmdlets for managing server features, roles, and services.
Describe the cmdlets for managing Hyper-V and virtual machines (VMs).
Describe the cmdlets for managing and administering Internet Information Services (IIS).

Module 7: Manage settings for a local Windows machine using PowerShell cmdlets

Describe the features and functionalities of the pipeline.
Use the appropriate terminology to describe the pipeline output and pipeline objects.
Explain how to discover and display object members.
Review object members.
Describe the cmdlets used to format the pipeline output for display.
Format pipeline output.

Module 8: Understand the Windows PowerShell pipeline

Manage single and multiple computers by using Windows PowerShell remoting
Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
Manage persistent connections to remote computers by using Windows PowerShell sessions

Module 9: Manage cloud resources by using Windows PowerShell

Review the Azure PowerShell module
Review the features and tools for Azure Cloud Shell
Manage Azure resources with Windows PowerShell

Module 10: Manage Microsoft 365 services by using Windows PowerShell

Manage users, groups, and licenses in Azure AD by using Windows PowerShell
Manage Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell
Manage SharePoint Online by using Windows PowerShell
Manage Microsoft Teams by using Windows PowerShell

Module 11: Create and manage background jobs and scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell

Create and manage background jobs using Windows PowerShell
Create and manage scheduled jobs using Windows PowerShell

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Take this course and gain unlimited access to more than 300 virtual instructor-led courses
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Dec 4 - 8 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

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Jan 8 - 12 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

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Jan 22 - 26 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

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Feb 26 - Mar 1 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

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Mar 4 - 8 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

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Mar 18 - 22 12:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

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PowerShell Training FAQs

This course is intended for IT Professionals who are already experienced in general Windows Server, Windows client, Azure, and Microsoft 365 administration, and who want to learn more about using Windows PowerShell for administration.

No prior experience with any version of PowerShell or any scripting language is assumed. This course is also suitable for IT Professionals already experienced in server administration, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Yes, this class will teach you basic PowerShell scripts.

Yes, this class will introduce you to Windows PowerShell and then go into scripting and managing.

Automating Administration with PowerShell Training (AZ-040)

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PowerShell Training Outline

Module 1: Review Windows PowerShell

Module 2: Understand the command syntax in Windows PowerShell

Module 3: Find commands and Get-Help in Windows PowerShell

Module 4: Manage Active Directory Domain Services using PowerShell cmdlets

Module 5: Manage network service settings for Windows devices using PowerShell cmdlets

Module 6: Manage Windows Server settings using PowerShell cmdlets

Module 7: Manage settings for a local Windows machine using PowerShell cmdlets

Module 8: Understand the Windows PowerShell pipeline

Module 9: Manage cloud resources by using Windows PowerShell

Module 10: Manage Microsoft 365 services by using Windows PowerShell

Module 11: Create and manage background jobs and scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell

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