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PowerShell: Automating IT Administration

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Automate routine IT tasks with PowerShell. Discover how to optimize your workflow and reduce errors using prebuilt PowerShell modules, conditional logic, and loops.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • IT automation with PowerShell
  • What you should know
1. Creating Reusable Code Using PowerShell
  • Why automate IT administration tasks?
  • What are PowerShell modules, and why are they useful?
  • Using conditional statements and comparisons
  • Looping constructs for data manipulation
  • Manipulating data with logic tests and loops
  • Working with arrays and hash tables
  • Understanding PowerShell error handling
2. Remote and Delegated Administration
  • Understanding delegated administration in PowerShell
  • Configuring remote access settings
  • Configuring remote management settings
  • Managing remote sessions and connections
  • Connecting to Windows Servers remotely and performing tasks
  • Performing remote administration tasks
3. Creating and Scheduling Tasks and Jobs
  • Understanding PowerShell background jobs
  • Creating and managing background jobs
  • Monitoring and retrieving results of background jobs
  • Automating administrative tasks with scheduled jobs
  • Creating scheduled tasks within Windows
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Liam Cleary

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