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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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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Introduction
5m 20s
Course Introduction 3m 39s Prerequisites 1m 13s Summary 0m 27s
Moving from the Console to a Script
17m 50s
Let's Go Scripting 2m 7s The Console vs. Scripting 5m 25s PowerShell as a Scripting Language 9m 31s Summary 0m 46s
Tool #1: Active Directory Account Management Automator
1h 10m
Tool Introduction 1m 8s The Active Directory PowerShell Module 10m 8s Forget Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)! 6m 13s Onboarding New Employees in AD 24m 43s Ongoing Account Maintenance 9m 55s Building the Toolset 17m 12s Summary 1m 35s
Tool #2: Log Investigator
32m 57s
Log Sleuthing with PowerShell 1m 24s Interrogating Windows Event Logs 9m 46s Interrogating Text Logs 10m 22s Building the Toolset 10m 35s Summary 0m 49s
Tool #3: File and Folder Management Automator
57m 1s
The One File System Tool to Rule Them All 0m 47s Building the Tool to Find Files and Folders 10m 9s Demystifying ACLs 21m 52s Finding and Archiving Unused Files 10m 48s Creating a Cohesive Tool 12m 20s Summary 1m 3s
Debugging Techniques
29m 41s
Debugging Techniques 0m 37s Common Causes of Problems 11m 55s The Simplest Solution Is the Best 6m 51s Introducing Breakpoints 9m 17s Summary 0m 59s
Use Modules to Create a Tool Belt
21m 33s
Introduction to Modules 2m 49s Building the Module 14m 24s Giving the Module a Spin 3m 17s Summary 1m 3s
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.
Table of Contents
Expand all
Introduction
5m 20s
Course Introduction 3m 39s Prerequisites 1m 13s Summary 0m 27s
Moving from the Console to a Script
17m 50s
Let's Go Scripting 2m 7s The Console vs. Scripting 5m 25s PowerShell as a Scripting Language 9m 31s Summary 0m 46s
Tool #1: Active Directory Account Management Automator
1h 10m
Tool Introduction 1m 8s The Active Directory PowerShell Module 10m 8s Forget Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)! 6m 13s Onboarding New Employees in AD 24m 43s Ongoing Account Maintenance 9m 55s Building the Toolset 17m 12s Summary 1m 35s
Tool #2: Log Investigator
32m 57s
Log Sleuthing with PowerShell 1m 24s Interrogating Windows Event Logs 9m 46s Interrogating Text Logs 10m 22s Building the Toolset 10m 35s Summary 0m 49s
Tool #3: File and Folder Management Automator
57m 1s
The One File System Tool to Rule Them All 0m 47s Building the Tool to Find Files and Folders 10m 9s Demystifying ACLs 21m 52s Finding and Archiving Unused Files 10m 48s Creating a Cohesive Tool 12m 20s Summary 1m 3s
Debugging Techniques
29m 41s
Debugging Techniques 0m 37s Common Causes of Problems 11m 55s The Simplest Solution Is the Best 6m 51s Introducing Breakpoints 9m 17s Summary 0m 59s
Use Modules to Create a Tool Belt
21m 33s
Introduction to Modules 2m 49s Building the Module 14m 24s Giving the Module a Spin 3m 17s Summary 1m 3s
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.
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Rating
(121)
Duration
3h 55m
Updated
23 May 2015
Course authors
Adam Bertram

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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