Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Getting Started in the Lab Environment

   Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

2. Challenge

   Setting up the Development Environment

   You'll start by setting up the development environment and familiarizing yourself with the PowerShell script and application setup files that will be used in this lab.

3. Challenge

   Setting up Shared Folders and Their Permissions

   Now, you will learn to manage shared folders and permissions, especially on file servers, and will also learn how to configure shared folders and permissions on a Windows Server using PowerShell.

4. Challenge

   Setting up NTFS Permissions

   In this challenge, you will be learning to set more granular access rules on folders for the users. You will set the NTFS permissions on the folder that will control user access to folder contents.

5. Challenge

   Creating and Managing Windows Registries and Values

   You will learn to manage Windows registry keys and values using PowerShell, which will include creating and deleting registry keys and values, and managing other tasks such as managing Windows applications.

6. Challenge

   Managing Certificates using PowerShell

   Certificates play a crucial role in the IT ecosystem for communicating with systems on the network. In this challenge, you will focus on managing certificates. After completing this challenge, you will be comfortable retrieving, creating, and installing certificates using PowerShell.

7. Challenge

   Managing Scheduled Tasks

   A big part of automation is scheduling the scripts or jobs to run at a specific time. To finish this lab, you will become familiar with using PowerShell to manage scheduled tasks.