Automation with Windows PowerShell Scripts
By Jeff Hicks
Course info



Course info



Description
At some point in your PowerShell experience you'll want to move beyond typing commands at a prompt. This course, Automation with Windows PowerShell Scripts will teach you how to leverage PowerShell scripting to benefit from automation. First, you'll learn to automate processes and tasks so that they are consistent. Next, you'll learn to make sure your automated processes and tasks are documented. Finally you'll learn to make sure your automated processes and tasks are easy to run. By the end of this course, you'll have the beginning scripting knowledge to begin automating your workload with PowerShell.
Course FAQ
This course is for Windows IT pros, PowerShell users who want to start using PowerShell scripts to automate tasks.
This course will teach you about how PowerShell handles script security, including execution policies, default settings, and how to run PowerShell automation scripts.
You should already be comfortable with PowerShell fundamentals, how to run commands in the pipeline, and have some experience with server administration.
This course assumes you're running PowerShell 5.1 on a Windows 10 platform.
Section Introduction Transcripts
Course Overview
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