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Create a Network Asset List using PowerShell

In this lab, you’ll practice creating a network asset list using PowerShell. When you’re finished, you’ll have the knowledge and skills necessary to build your own.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 55m
Published
Clock icon Aug 13, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Identify Network Assets Using PowerShell

    In this challenge, you'll be instructed on how to create a network asset list using PowerShell. You'll learn the basics of building the script for ingesting the initial data from a text file and use that to find additional information about the assets.

  3. Challenge

    Create the Network Asset List Using PowerShell

    In this challenge, you'll learn how to output the data collected in various formats. You'll add additional classes to the data gathered from the Windows endpoints, format it, then output the data to both a CSV and text file.

  4. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

Joe is a Network Consulting Engineer and has worked in the IT industry since 2010. He has experience in teaching and mentoring IT professionals in both DoD environments and in the civilian sector, in both the networking and IT security fields.

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We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

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Did you know?

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