Windows 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.
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Rating
(153)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 17, 2019
Duration
3h 54m
Table of contents
Introduction
Course Introduction 4m Summary 0m Prerequisites 1m
Moving from the Console to a Script
The Console vs. Scripting 5m Summary 1m Let's Go Scripting 2m PowerShell as a Scripting Language 10m
Tool #1: Active Directory Account Management Automator
Onboarding New Employees in AD 25m Forget Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)! 6m Summary 2m Ongoing Account Maintenance 10m Building the Toolset 17m The Active Directory PowerShell Module 10m Tool Introduction 1m
Tool #2: Log Investigator
Building the Toolset 11m Interrogating Text Logs 10m Interrogating Windows Event Logs 10m Summary 1m Log Sleuthing with PowerShell 1m
Tool #3: File and Folder Management Automator
Building the Tool to Find Files and Folders 10m Finding and Archiving Unused Files 11m Demystifying ACLs 22m Summary 1m Creating a Cohesive Tool 12m The One File System Tool to Rule Them All 1m
Debugging Techniques
Debugging Techniques 1m Summary 1m The Simplest Solution Is the Best 7m Introducing Breakpoints 9m Common Causes of Problems 12m
Use Modules to Create a Tool Belt
Giving the Module a Spin 3m Summary 1m Building the Module 14m Introduction to Modules 3m
Description
Course info
Rating
(153)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 17, 2019
Duration
3h 54m
Description

PowerShell can be many things to many different people. PowerShell can be a simple command-line replacement or a scripting language. In this course, Windows PowerShell Toolkmaking Fundamentals, you will learn how to get away from writing one-liners and simple scripts.

First, you will learn the fundamentals of toolmaking. Next, you will see examples of tools created in the past. Finally, you will use modules to create a toolbelt. When you are finished with this course, you will have the knowledge to create reusable scripts so you don't have to recreate that wheel.

About the author
Adam Bertram
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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