Windows PowerShell - Basics and Active Directory Management
IT training for administrators
Active Directory and scripting with Windows Powershell
See also:
Windows Server - Building and managing a network with Active Directory
Overview of all IT training courses
Description
Learning objective
Get a thorough introduction to Windows PowerShell 5.1 on Windows Server 2019.
Know how to use the PowerShell console and the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (PowerShell ISE). You know how to administer Active Directory using PowerShell, how to control AD objects using PowerShell, and how to automate server management tasks using scripts.
Intended audience
- Network administrators who manage a Windows domain network running Server 2019.
- Developers and DevOps who administer Windows systems and applications.
Recommended prior knowledge
- Experience configuring and operating Windows clients
- Basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking
- Previous experience in earlier versions of Windows, such as Windows Server 2008R2 or 2012R2 is helpful but not essential
General information
Training details
- In-house training or in our training room (region Marburg, Hesse)
- Dates and duration: Flexible and depending on number of participants and previous knowledge
- Detailed training materials with a total of over 300 pages, incl. (German)
- Incl. access for the e-learning platform for the provision of electronic accompanying materials and e-learning content (German)
Training content (customisable).
Basics of PowerShell
- Operating PowerShell
- PowerShell cmdlets
- Processing and outputting information
- Data storage in PowerShell
- Aliases - alternative short commands
- Profiles
Programming and scripting
- Programming basics - variables, arrays, operators
- Control structures in PowerShell
- Using the PowerShell ISE
- Creating functions with parameters
- Using objects in scripts
- Documenting your own programming
Managing Active Directory domains
- PowerShell modules - ServerManager, DnsServer, ServerCore, ActiveDirectory
- Using virtual drives
- Cmdlets for Active Directory management
- Object management (organisational units OU, user and computer objects)
- The Active Directory Management Centre
- Working with group policy objects (GPO)
- Enabling Active Directory Recycle Bin and Restoring AD Objects with PowerShell
- Automating with PowerShell