PowerShell: Scripting for Server Administration

Learn the basics of PowerShell scripting for Windows Server administration.

Introduction

• Create PowerShell scripts
• What you should know

1. Create a PowerShell Script

• About execution policies
• Manage execution policies
• Anatomy of a PowerShell script
• Create scripts in ISE
• Create scripts in Visual Studio Code

2. Work with External Files

• Write to text files
• Read from text files
• Work with CSV tables
• Work with XML and CliXml files

3. Building Blocks of PowerShell Scripts

• Install and load modules
• Build functions
• Variables in functions and scripts
• Use functions in scripts

4. Administer Servers

• WMI basics
• Use WMI objects
• CIM enhancements
• Import-HotelUsers: Challenge
• Import-HotelUsers: Solution

Conclusion

• Next steps