Windows PowerShell Toolmaking Fundamentals

Are you a beginning to intermediate PowerShell scripter and tired of writing one-off scripts? Take your scripting to the next level and begin to think of your scripts as tools.

PowerShell can be many things to many different people. PowerShell can be a simple command-line replacement or a scripting language. In this course, Windows PowerShell 4 Toolkmaking Fundamentals, you will learn how to get away from writing one-liners and simple scripts. First, you will learn the fundamentals of toolmaking. Next, you will see examples of tools created in the past. Finally, you will use modules to create a toolbelt. When you are finished with this course, you will have the knowledge to create reusable scripts so you don't have to recreate that wheel.

• Introduction 5mins
• Moving from the Console to a Script 17mins
• Tool #1: Active Directory Account Management Automator 70mins
• Tool #2: Log Investigator 32mins
• Tool #3: File and Folder Management Automator 56mins
• Debugging Techniques 29mins
• Use Modules to Create a Tool Belt 21mins