PowerShell Toolmaking Fundamentals
By Adam Bertram
Are you a beginning to intermediate PowerShell scripter and tired of writing one-off scripts? Take your scripting to the next level and begin to think of your scripts as tools.
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate
Updated
May 23, 2015
Duration
3h 55m
Table of contents
Introduction
Moving from the Console to a Script
Let's Go Scripting
2m
The Console vs. Scripting
5m
PowerShell as a Scripting Language
10m
Summary
1m
Tool #1: Active Directory Account Management Automator
Tool Introduction
1m
The Active Directory PowerShell Module
10m
Forget Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)!
6m
Onboarding New Employees in AD
25m
Ongoing Account Maintenance
10m
Building the Toolset
17m
Summary
2m
Tool #2: Log Investigator
Log Sleuthing with PowerShell
1m
Interrogating Windows Event Logs
10m
Interrogating Text Logs
10m
Building the Toolset
11m
Summary
1m
Tool #3: File and Folder Management Automator
The One File System Tool to Rule Them All
1m
Building the Tool to Find Files and Folders
10m
Demystifying ACLs
22m
Finding and Archiving Unused Files
11m
Creating a Cohesive Tool
12m
Summary
1m
Debugging Techniques
Debugging Techniques
1m
Common Causes of Problems
12m
The Simplest Solution Is the Best
7m
Introducing Breakpoints
9m
Summary
1m
Use Modules to Create a Tool Belt
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate
Updated
May 23, 2015
Duration
3h 55m
Description
PowerShell can be many things to many different people. PowerShell can be a simple command-line replacement or a scripting language. Beginners to intermediate-level scripters are probably still writing one-liners and simple scripts. They're probably starting to see the potential of PowerShell not as a simple scripting language but as a way to build "tools" to use over and over again. Don't recreate the wheel. Learn how to create reusable scripts so you don't have to recreate that wheel.
About the author
About the author
Adam Bertram is an independent consultant, technical writer, trainer, and presenter. Adam specializes in consulting and evangelizing all things IT automation, mainly focused around Windows PowerShell.
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