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Windows PowerShell Essentials (2023)

11 Courses
4 Labs
30 Hours
Skill IQ

IT automation is an ever-expanding need in the IT world and at the forefront is Windows PowerShell. If you want to learn about task automation and configuration management using this versatile tool, look no further. The courses in this path get you up and running with Windows PowerShell and its many facets. You’ll build a solid foundation before branching out into more skills and techniques that will elevate your PowerShell skills. It’s worth noting that the content here generally uses Windows PowerShell as its main exemplar. Pluralsight also has plenty of content covering PowerShell 7 (the most recent version) elsewhere on the platform.

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Windows PowerShell Essentials (2023)

IT automation is an ever-expanding need in the IT world and at the forefront is Windows PowerShell. If you want to learn about task automation and configuration management using this versatile tool, look no further. The courses in this path get you up and running with Windows PowerShell and its many facets. You’ll build a solid foundation before branching out into more skills and techniques that will elevate your PowerShell skills. It’s worth noting that the content here generally uses Windows PowerShell as its main exemplar. Pluralsight also has plenty of content covering PowerShell 7 (the most recent version) elsewhere on the platform.

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What You'll Learn
  • Get Started with PowerShell
  • Running PowerShell interactively
  • Understand PowerShell as a Management Engine
  • Use the PowerShell Help System
  • Work with PowerShell Commands
  • Understanding Objects in PowerShell
  • Working with Objects in PowerShell
  • Filtering Objects in the Pipeline
  • Using PowerShell's Formatting System
  • Using the PowerShell Language
  • Using Hashtables and Arrays
  • Using PowerShell Modules
  • Manage Systems with PowerShell Providers and PSDrives
  • Use Windows PowerShell Remoting
  • Working with Data in PowerShell
  • Use PowerShell Background Jobs
  • Managing Systems with WMI and CIM
  • PowerShell Scripting Fundamentals
  • Using Common Object Types
Prerequisites
  • There are no true prerequisites for this content, only that general IT knowledge is helpful.
Related topics
  • Microsoft
  • PowerShell
  • Microsoft 365
  • Automation
  • Scripting
  • Bash
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