From Zero to Hero with PowerShell («PWSZH»)

• Introduction to the concept of PowerShell
• Introduction to using commandlets
• Describing the functionality of Windows PowerShell and how to use it to run and find basic commands
• Identifying and running cmdlets for local system management
• Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline
• Using PSProviders and PSDrives to work with other forms of storage
• Querying system information by using WMI and CIM
• Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables
• Writing basic scripts in Windows PowerShell
• Managing remote computers with Windows PowerShell
• Managing Azure resources with PowerShell
• Managing Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell
• Using background jobs and scheduled jobs

This course package consists of the following two courses:

1. Windows Powershell – Introduction & Essentials (PWSE01)
2. Automating Administration with PowerShell (AZ040)

Topics covered in this 5-day course include:

• Windows PowerShell Basics
• Windows PowerShell Tools
• Security Aspects
• Profile Scripts  
• Windows PowerShell Navigation
• Aliases
• Windows PowerShell modules and pipelines
• Output of results
• Windows PowerShell for local system management
• Using PSProviders and PSDrives
• Querying management information using CIM and WMI
• Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables
• Windows PowerShell scripting
• Managing remote computers with Windows PowerShell
• Managing Azure resources with PowerShell
• Managing Microsoft 365 Services with PowerShell
• Using background jobs and scheduled jobs

For details on the content, see the courses Windows Powershell – Introduction & Essentials and Automating Administration with PowerShell.

This course is aimed at IT employees who want to learn PowerShell from scratch, use it holistically in the company and thus understand existing scripts as well as create and automate more complex scripts themselves. 

Participants of this course should have basic knowledge of file management and know what processes and services are in an operating system. Good Windows knowledge and understanding of automating repetitive processes is required. It is an advantage to be able to handle batch files and to know the principle of automation. Knowledge of other scripting or programming languages is also an advantage (e.g. VBS, VBA, VB, or C#) but not required.