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PowerShell: Automating Administrative Tasks

By : Michael Shepard, Chendrayan Venkatesan, Sherif Talaat, Brenton J.W. Blawat
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PowerShell: Automating Administrative Tasks

By: Michael Shepard, Chendrayan Venkatesan, Sherif Talaat, Brenton J.W. Blawat

Overview of this book

Are you tired of managing Windows administrative tasks manually and are looking to automate the entire process? If yes, then this is the right course for you. This learning path starts your PowerShell journey and will help you automate the administration of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows. It will get you up and running with PowerShell, taking you from the basics of installation to writing scripts and performing web server automation. You will explore the PowerShell environment and discover how to use cmdlets, functions, and scripts to automate Windows systems. The next installment of the course focuses on gaining concrete knowledge of Windows PowerShell scripting to perform professional-level scripting. The techniques here are packed with PowerShell scripts and sample C# code to automate tasks. You will use .NET classes in PowerShell and C# to manage Exchange Online. In the final section, you will delve into real-world examples to learn how to simplify the management of your Windows environment. You will get to grips with PowerShell’s advanced functions and how to most effectively administer your system. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: [*] Getting Started with PowerShell by Michael Shepard [*] Windows PowerShell for .Net Developers Second Edition by Chendrayan Venkatesan and Sherif Talaat [*] Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting by Brenton J.W. Blawat

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Table of Contents (6 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this learning path covers
What you need for this learning path
Who this learning path is for
Reader feedback
Customer support
Questions
Free Chapter
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1. Module 1
1. Module 1
1. First Steps
2. Building Blocks
3. Objects and PowerShell
4. Life on the Assembly Line
5. Formatting Output
6. Scripts
7. Functions
8. Modules
9. File I/O
10. WMI and CIM
11. Web Server Administration
A. Next Steps
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2. Module 2
2. Module 2
1. Getting Started with Windows PowerShell
2. Unleashing Development Skills Using Windows PowerShell 5.0
3. Exploring Desired State Configuration
4. PowerShell and Web Technologies
5. Exploring Application Programming Interface
3
3. Module 3
3. Module 3
1. Variables, Arrays, and Hashes
2. Data Parsing and Manipulation
3. Comparison Operators
4. Functions, Switches, and Loops Structures
5. Regular Expressions
6. Error and Exception Handling and Testing Code
7. Session-based Remote Management
8. Managing Files, Folders, and Registry Items
9. File, Folder, and Registry Attributes, ACLs, and Properties
10. Windows Management Instrumentation
11. XML Manipulation
12. Managing Microsoft Systems with PowerShell
13. Automation of the Environment
14. Script Creation Best Practices and Conclusion
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Bibliography
Bibliography
5
Index
Index

Appendix A. Next Steps

The goal of Module 1 has been to get you started with PowerShell. To this end, we have looked at several broad topics, such as:

  • Navigating PowerShell with Get-Command, Get-Help, and Get-Member
  • Using the Pipeline to combine the commands
  • Packaging code in scripts, functions, and modules
  • Interacting with files and WMI
  • Administering IIS

These skills will take you far in PowerShell, but this is just the beginning of what you can do. Here, I have collected some suggested "next steps" that you will find useful as skills to add to your PowerShell repertoire:

  • Explore advanced functions, such as:
    • Using common parameters
    • Pipeline the input
    • Parameter validation
  • PowerShell Remoting
  • PowerShell Workflows
  • Desired State Configuration
  • Explore miscellaneous PowerShell topics, including the following:
    • Working with .NET and COM objects
    • Working with SQL Server data
    • Building a GUI
  • Administering Microsoft systems such as:
    • Exchange
    • SQL Server
    • System Center

You should have no trouble finding resources to guide you through any of these topics. If you are stuck, the PowerShell community on StackOverflow, PowerShell.org (http://powershell.org/wp/), and reddit are very strong and encouraging to scripters at all levels of expertise.

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