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
Level
Intermediate
Updated
May 23, 2015
Duration
3h 55m
Table of contents
Introduction
Course Introduction 4m Prerequisites 1m Summary 0m
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
Introduction to Modules 3m Building the Module 14m Giving the Module a Spin 3m Summary 1m
Description
Course info
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
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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