PowerShell: Automating IT Administration

Automate routine IT tasks with PowerShell. Discover how to optimize your workflow and reduce errors using prebuilt PowerShell modules, conditional logic, and loops.

Introduction

• IT automation with PowerShell
• What you should know

1. Creating Reusable Code Using PowerShell

• Why automate IT administration tasks?
• What are PowerShell modules, and why are they useful?
• Using conditional statements and comparisons
• Looping constructs for data manipulation
• Manipulating data with logic tests and loops
• Working with arrays and hash tables
• Understanding PowerShell error handling

2. Remote and Delegated Administration

• Understanding delegated administration in PowerShell
• Configuring remote access settings
• Configuring remote management settings
• Managing remote sessions and connections
• Connecting to Windows Servers remotely and performing tasks
• Performing remote administration tasks

3. Creating and Scheduling Tasks and Jobs

• Understanding PowerShell background jobs
• Creating and managing background jobs
• Monitoring and retrieving results of background jobs
• Automating administrative tasks with scheduled jobs
• Creating scheduled tasks within Windows

Conclusion

• Next steps