PowerShell Toolmaking Fundamentals

Are you a beginning to intermediate PowerShell scripter tired of just copying and pasting others’ work? Learn how to write useful scripts yourself and begin to think of your scripts as tools.

Quit wasting time recreating the wheel building one-off PowerShell scripts. In this course, PowerShell Toolmaking Fundamentals, you’ll learn to build reusable PowerShell tools using best practices. First, you'll explore how to think through design and build decisions. Then, you'll see how to use PowerShell for searching log events, creating your own menuing system for controlling Azure VMs, and more. Finally, you'll learn how to evolve your toolmaking from simple scripts to functions and modules. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of PowerShell needed to transform existing scripts into tools, build new tools, and understand how to go from PowerShell scripter to PowerShell developer.

• Course Overview 1min
• Course Introduction 4mins
• Moving from the Console to a Script 26mins
• Tool #1: Active Directory Account Management Automator 47mins
• Tool #2: Log Investigator 39mins
• Tool #3: Azure Virtual Machine Management Dashboard 24mins
• Using Modules to Create a Tool Belt 23mins