Introduction to Windows PowerShell 5.1

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Windows PowerShell System Requirements

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Windows PowerShell

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: The Basics of PowerShell

Lecture 3: PowerShell Versions and VSC

Lecture 4: Installing and Updating PowerShell

Lecture 5: The Text Based Console – Part 1 – An Overview

Lecture 6: The Text Based Console – Part 2 – An Overview

Lecture 7: The ISE – Part 1 (Intelligent Scripting Environment)

Lecture 8: The ISE – Part 2 – (Intelligent Scripting Environment)

Lecture 9: Setting up Visual Studio Code for PowerShell

Chapter 3: Getting Help and Finding Commands

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Part 1- Getting Help and Finding Commands

Lecture 3: Part 2 – Getting Help and Finding Commands

Lecture 4: Part 3 Getting Help and Finding Commands

Lecture 5: Help System Questions

Lecture 6: Help System Answers 1 – 4

Lecture 7: Help System Answers 5 – 9

Lecture 8: Common Commands

Chapter 4: The Language of PowerShell – Command Syntax

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Command Syntax Part 1

Lecture 3: Command Syntax Part 2

Lecture 4: Command Syntax Part 3

Lecture 5: Command Syntax Questions

Lecture 6: Command Syntax Answers

Chapter 5: The Language of PowerShell – Objects and Properties

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: Objects-Properties and Methods – Part 1

Lecture 3: Objects-Properties and Methods – Part 2

Lecture 4: Objects-Properties and Methods – Part 3

Lecture 5: Questions 1-9 – Objects-Properties and Methods –

Lecture 6: Answers to Questions 1-7

Lecture 7: Answers to Questions 8-9

Chapter 6: The Language of PowerShell – The Pipeline

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: The Pipeline Part 1

Lecture 3: The Pipeline Part 2

Chapter 7: PowerShell Providers

Lecture 1: What are PowerShell Providers

Lecture 2: How to Use PDDrive

Lecture 3: PowerShell Provider Cmdlets -1

Lecture 4: PowerShell Provider Cmdlets – 2

Lecture 5: Student Assignments

Chapter 8: PowerShell Arrays and Variables

Lecture 1: PowerShell Variables

Lecture 2: PowerShell Arrays

Lecture 3: PowerShell Variables Challenge

Lecture 4: PowerShell Variables Solution

Chapter 9: PowerShell Loops

Lecture 1: For Loops

Lecture 2: While Loops

Lecture 3: Do Loops

Lecture 4: ForEach Loops

Lecture 5: Loop Breaks

Chapter 10: PowerShell Functions and Conditional Statements

Lecture 1: PowerShell Conditional Statements (If Then Else, Switch)

Lecture 2: Understanding PowerShell Functions and Function Scope

Lecture 3: PowerShell Functions

Lecture 4: PowerShell Conditional Statements and Functions Challenge

Lecture 5: PowerShell Conditional Statements and Functions Solution

Chapter 11: Building an Active Directory IT lab for PowerShell

Lecture 1: Section Preface

Lecture 2: Should you watch this section?

Lecture 3: Downloading and Installing VirtualBox

Lecture 4: Replacement Server 2019 Download Link

Lecture 5: Downloading Windows Server

Lecture 6: Creating Your Virtual Network

Lecture 7: Creating a Virtual Machine

Lecture 8: Installing Windows Server

Lecture 9: Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows Server 2019 Desktop Experience

Lecture 10: Installing the Active Directory Domain Services Server Role

Chapter 12: Basic Tools for the Administrator

Lecture 1: Network Stack Info Retriever

Lecture 2: Application Retriever

Lecture 3: Running Process Retriever

Lecture 4: Active Directory module Checker

Lecture 5: Scheduled Task Retriever

Lecture 6: Creating a Scheduled Task

Lecture 7: Security Check Uninstalling Media Player

Lecture 8: KB Patch Retriever

Chapter 13: Basic Domain Administration with Windows Powershell

Lecture 1: Configuring PowerShell Execution Policy with Group Policy

Lecture 2: Installing and Configuring Server Roles with Windows PowerShell

Lecture 3: Running PowerShell Scripts as Scheduled Tasks

Lecture 4: PowerShell Splatting

Lecture 5: Bulk Installing Windows MSU Update Files with PowerShell

Chapter 14: Administrating Active Directory with Powershell

Lecture 1: Creating OUs (Organizational Units) with PowerShell

Lecture 2: Creating and Managing Active Directory User Accounts with PowerShell

Lecture 3: Move all AD Users in a Group to a Specific Organizational Unit

Chapter 15: File Manipulation with Powershell

Lecture 1: Section Overview

Lecture 2: File Select Dialog

Lecture 3: CSV File Manipulation

Lecture 4: JSON File Manipulation