Guide to Powershell 6 and Automating Active Directory

Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell helps IT professionals and power users control and automate the administration of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows. PowerShell combines command-line speed, the flexibility of scripting, and the power of a GUI-based admin tool. If you’re looking to explore the advanced functions and features of PowerShell 6 then is the perfect Course for you!

With this hands-on guide, you'll begin with, setting up a lab environment to learn and test PowerShell processes. You’ll discover scripts to automate administrative tasks and solve problems to perform tasks using PowerShell 6. Along the way, you’ll perform data manipulation and solve common problems using basic file input/output functions. Then you will learn to customize your preferences, run custom reports, author scripts, and automate tasks.

Contents and Overview

This training program includes 2 complete courses, carefully chosen to give you the most comprehensive training possible.

The first course, Learning PowerShell 6 is designed to help you get up and running with PowerShell, taking you from the basics of installation to writing scripts and web server automation. This will act as an introduction to the central topics of PowerShell, from finding and understanding PowerShell commands and packaging code for reusability right through to a practical example of automating IIS. It also includes topics such as installation and setup, creating scripts, automating tasks, and using PowerShell to access data stores, registry, and file systems. You will explore the PowerShell environment and discover how to use cmdlets, functions, and scripts to automate Windows systems. Along the way, you’ll perform data manipulation and solve common problems using basic file input/output functions. The potential topics could be will be Commands, Scripts, Providers, Files and folders, Objects, Variables, Classes and Enumerations, Expressions, DSC and so on. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to leverage your skills to effectively manage and administrate the system using PowerShell 6.

The second course, Hands-On PowerShell for Active Directory will train you in using PowerShell to manage Active Directory. You will customize your preferences, run custom reports, author scripts, and automate tasks. You will discover how to create scripts, access and change data stores, and automate tasks. By the end of the course, you will have the skills to automate Active Directory jobs with PowerShell components such as cmdlets, functions, modules, providers, objects, variables, expressions, and profiles.

About the Authors:

Joshua B. Jones is an IT Administrator with Superior Industries International and leads the global company in PowerShell administration, scripts, and tool creation. In the past two years, he has eliminated over 1,000 labor hours by automating previously manual tasks using PowerShell. Not only is he an expert, but demonstrates his passion for PowerShell by teaching others the tool at every opportunity presented.