 |
Courses & Certifications
|
 |
MS6434 Automating Windows Server 2008 Administration with Microsoft Windows PowerShell
| Course start date: |
25-Feb-2009, 28-Apr-2009 |
| Training Location |
9 Denison St, Newcastle West |
| Duration: |
3 |
| Price: | $1,800.00 Inc GST |
Overview
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to utilize
Windows PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows Server 2008. The
course focuses on cmdlets, script structure and flow control, language syntax, and implementation
details of scripting administrative tasks using COM, WMI, and .NET foundations.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have
- Completed Course 6430, Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Servers, or have
equivalent knowledge of administrative tasks.
In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:
- Course 2433: Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Microsoft Windows Script Host
Essentials, or have equivalent knowledge of scripting and automation in Windows.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Windows PowerShell
This module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array.
- Introduction to Windows PowerShell
- Installing Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008
Module 2: Overview of Microsoft Windows PowerShell
This module explains basic concepts in Windows PowerShell, including objects, variables,
cmdlets, and pipelines. It describes how to invoke available cmdlets and aliases, assign aliases.
The module also includes demonstrations of tab expansion and basic operators.
- Overview of Objects
- Working with Cmdlets
- Tab Expansion, Aliases, and History
- Using Variables and Types
Module 3: Building Pipelines for Assembly-Line Style Processing
This module explains basic concepts in Windows PowerShell, including objects,
variables, cmdlets, and pipelines. It describes how to invoke available cmdlets and
aliases, assign aliases. The module also includes demonstrations of tab expansion and
basic operators.
- Connecting the Pipeline
- Using Arrays
- Filtering and Iterating Through the Pipeline
- Reordering Objects in a Pipeline
Module 4: Managing Processes and Formatting Cmdlet Output
This module explains basic concepts in Windows PowerShell, including objects,
variables, cmdlets, and pipelines. It describes how to invoke available cmdlets and
aliases, assign aliases. The module also includes demonstrations of tab expansion and
basic operators.
- Controlling Tasks and Processes in Microsoft Windows PowerShell
- Presenting Information with Specific Formatting
Module 5: Implementing Scripts to Perform a Sequence of Operations
This module explains basic concepts in Windows PowerShell, including objects, variables,
cmdlets, and pipelines. It describes how to invoke available cmdlets and aliases, assign
aliases. The module also includes demonstrations of tab expansion and basic operators.
- Writing Windows PowerShell Scripts
- Security in Windows PowerShell
- Scripting Life-Cycle Methodologies
- Customizing Windows PowerShell with Profiles
Module 6: Implementing Flow Control and Functions
This module explains basic concepts in Windows PowerShell, including objects, variables,
cmdlets, and pipelines. It describes how to invoke available cmdlets and aliases, assign aliases.
The module also includes demonstrations of tab expansion and basic operators.
- Controlling the Flow of Execution Within Scripts
- Iteration Flow Control
- Developing and Using Functions
|
Module 7: Working with Files, the Registry, and Certificate Stores
This module explains how to write scripts that perform specific tasks, such as searching files for
particular text and modifying all matching files, or searching the event logs for events that match
specific criteria. It also describes how to access data stores, the file store, the registry,
certificate stores, and other stores, use wildcards and regular expressions, and import and export
aliases and objects.
- Using Cmdlets to Access Data Stores
- Using Providers to Access the Registry and Certificate Store
- Filtering and Selecting with Regular Expressions
- Implementing Event Log Management
- Moving Objects In and Out of Files
Module 8: Using Microsoft Windows PowerShell with WMI
This module explains how to use WMI to access system features, enumerate, defragment, and mount
disk volumes in Windows PowerShell. Listing and configuring volume shadow copies, listing and
creating shared folders with WMI, and configuring Terminal Server are also discussed.
- Introduction to WMI Objects
- Managing Disk Volumes Using Windows PowerShell with WMI
- Managing Shadow Copies Using Windows PowerShell with WMI
- Managing Shared Folders with Windows PowerShell
- Configuring Terminal Server Using Windows PowerShell with WMI
Module 9: Administering Active Directory with Microsoft Windows PowerShell
This module explains how to write scripts to perform Active Directory administration tasks such as
changing the domain functional level, moving FSMO roles, and creating and modifying objects such as
groups and user accounts. Managing relationships between user accounts and groups is also demonstrated.
- Administering Domains and Forests Using .NET Objects
- Managing User Accounts and Groups Using COM Objects
- Managing Relationships Between Users and Groups
Module 10: Administering Group Policy in Microsoft Windows PowerShell
This module explains how to write scripts to perform Active Directory administration tasks such as
changing the domain functional level, moving FSMO roles, and creating and modifying objects such as
groups and user accounts. Managing relationships between user accounts and groups is also demonstrated.
- Managing GPOs Using the GPMC COM Interface
- Using XML with Group Policy
- Managing Group Policy Settings
- Reporting Group Policy
Module 11: Managing Internet Information Services 7.0
This module explains how to write scripts to manage IIS 7.0 properties and report IIS statistics. It
also describes how to create and manage Web sites.
- Comparing IIS 7.0 Windows PowerShell Management Interfaces
- Administering IIS 7.0 with Windows PowerShell
|
|
Forsythes IT & Training provides instructor led computer training on the Microsoft Office and Adobe range of applications.
We service Newcastle, the Hunter Valley, Lake Macquarie and the Central and Northern Coasts of New South Wales (NSW) Australia.
With our mobile training room we can provide a range of courses on-site at your premises.
|
|
|
|
