Advanced Windows PowerShell and DevOps

Module 1: Windows PowerShell – Architecture & Considerations

• Understand the deep concepts behind Windows PowerShell
• How PowerShell works exactly behind the scenes
• Working with Pipeline – review alternatives, and their Pros and Cons
   

Module 2: Going beyond the obvious tasks – Troubleshooting & Performance

• Getting to job done – know your options (.NET framework, COM objects etc.)
• How to locate the best approach – from cmdlet to wmi to .Net.
• Working with Reflection assemblies (Math, character manipulation etc.)
• Performance Tips
• Controlling PowerShell session variables for high demanding tasks
• Creating filters, advanced functions and script modules
   

Module 3: Security and Remoting

• Controlling who can do what – custom security with session configurations
• Security in depth – password strings, execution policies tweaks and more
• Remoting – all the considerations – Performance and Architecture factors
   

Module 4: PowerShell v5.0 – What's worth to look into?

• In depth look into the latest version of PowerShell, new features etc.
• Using PowerShell Get and PowerShell gallery with Pshell v5.0
   

Module 5: Desired State Configuration

• Deploying and maintaining configuration
• Testing configurations
• Deployment methods – push and pull servers
   

Module 6: Best Practices working with PowerShell

• Working with html & websites, requests and responses, uploads etc.
• Working with Web-Services (WSDL etc.)
• SQL functions
• Regular expressions, file comparisons etc.
   

Module 7: One Console to rule them all

• Extending PowerShell into the cloud – working with Azure and Office 365
• Taking background jobs to the next level
• Overview of 200+ scripts with drill down explanation
   

Module 8: Create your custom task – Advanced Lab

• Hands-on lab to address the student's organizational needs

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Previous Windows Server and Windows Client management knowledge and hands on experience.
• Experience Installing and Configuring Windows Server into existing enterprise environments, or as standalone installations.
• Knowledge and experience of network adapter configuration, basic Active Directory user administration, and basic disk configuration.
• Prior scripting or programming experience, good level of PowerShell and/or good knowledge of equivalent technologies (e.g. Bash, KSH, Pearl, Python etc.)