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6434A: Automating Windows Server 2008 Administration with Microsoft PowerShell

Course Length: 3 Days

Overview:
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to utilize Windows PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows Server 2008. The course focuses on cmdlets, script structure and flow control, language syntax, and implementation details of scripting administrative tasks using COM, WMI, and .NET foundations.

Prerequisites:
Course 6430 Planning and Administering Windows Server 2008 Servers
Or
Course 2273 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Install and launch Windows PowerShell
• Work with basic objects in Windows PowerShell, including using cmdlets, data types, variables, and fundamental object-based information models
• Implement sequences of operations by putting them together into a pipeline
• Control the formatting of the resultant set of objects that are emitted at the end of a pipeline
• Implement sequences of operations by putting them together into a script
• Implement flow control within scripts and define functions and filters to help modularize complex scripts
• Manipulate files and registry values
• Manage disk storage volumes, shadow copies, shared folders, and Terminal Server using WMI in Windows PowerShell
• Administer and maintain Active Directory directory services using Windows PowerShell
• Maintain Group Policy using Windows PowerShell
• Maintain Web services and applications using Windows PowerShell

Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Microsoft Windows PowerShell

• Introduction to Windows PowerShell
• Installing Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008
• Lab: Implementing Windows PowerShell

Lesson 2: Overview of Microsoft Windows PowerShell

• Overview of Objects
• Working with Cmdlets
• Tab Expansion, Aliases, and History
• Using Variables and Types
• Lab: Working with Windows PowerShell Cmdlets, Aliases, Objects, and Variables

Lesson 3: Building Pipelines for Assembly-Line Style Processing

• Connecting the Pipeline
• Using Arrays
• Filtering and Iterating Through the Pipeline
• Reordering Objects in a Pipeline
• Lab: Implementing Pipelines in Windows PowerShell

Lesson 4: Managing Processes and Formatting Cmdlet Output

• Controlling Tasks and Processes in Microsoft Windows PowerShell
• Presenting Information with Specific Formatting
• Lab: Controlling Output Formatting and Process Control with Windows PowerShell

Lesson 5: Implementing Scripts to Perform a Sequence of Operations

• Writing Windows PowerShell Scripts
• Security in Windows PowerShell
• Scripting Life-Cycle Methodologies
• Customizing Windows PowerShell with Profiles
• Lab: Implementing Scripts in Windows PowerShell

Lesson 6: Implementing Flow Control and Functions

• Controlling the Flow of Execution Within Scripts
• Iteration Flow Control
• Developing and Using Functions
• Lab: Implementing Functions and Flow Control in Windows PowerShell

Lesson 7: Working with Files, the Registry, and Certificate Stores

• Using Cmdlets to Access Data Stores
• Using Providers to Access the Registry and Certificate Store
• Filtering and Selecting with Regular Expressions
• Implementing Event Log Management
• Moving Objects In and Out of Files
• Lab: Working with Files, the Registry, and Certificate Stores

Lesson 8: Using Microsoft Windows PowerShell with WMI

• Introduction to WMI Objects
• Managing Disk Volumes Using Windows PowerShell with WMI
• Managing Shadow Copies Using Windows PowerShell with WMI
• Managing Shared Folders with Windows PowerShell
• Configuring Terminal Server Using Windows PowerShell with WMI
• Lab: Managing Disk Volumes with Windows PowerShell

Lesson 9: Administering Active Directory with Microsoft Windows PowerShell

• Administering Domains and Forests Using .NET Objects
• Managing User Accounts and Groups Using COM Objects
• Managing Relationships Between Users and Groups
• Lab: Administering Active Directory with Windows PowerShell

Lesson 10: Administering Group Policy in Microsoft Windows PowerShell

• Managing GPOs Using the GPMC COM Interface
• Using XML with Group Policy
• Managing Group Policy Settings
• Reporting Group Policy
• Lab: Administering Group Policy in Microsoft Windows PowerShell

Lesson 11: Managing Internet Information Services 7.0

• Comparing IIS 7.0 Windows PowerShell Management Interfaces
• Administering IIS 7.0 with Windows PowerShell
• Lab: Managing Web Sites in IIS with Windows PowerShell

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