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Windows PowerShell: Scripting and Toolmaking

16 Courses
42 Hours
Skill IQ

With a solid foundation in PowerShell essentials, you’ll be able to move immediately into this path which covers the more advanced PowerShell topics of scripting and toolmaking. Through these courses, you’ll learn and gain mastery of some of PowerShell’s more advanced uses. They go beyond the everyday tasks that PowerShell solves, letting you take your first steps towards a truly advanced skillset. By the end of these courses, you’ll have elevated your PowerShell skills to the next level and taken the next step towards PowerShell mastery.

Content in this path

Beginner

These courses cover the fundamentals and best practices for PowerShell scripting and toolmaking.

Intermediate

These courses begin branching out into more advanced PowerShell topics including reporting with PowerShell HTML, debugging PowerShell in VS Code, remoting fundamentals, and accessing SQL Server databases from PowerShell.

Advanced

These courses finish off the path by offering you advanced uses and integrations for PowerShell. This will include crossover courses featuring WPF and Pester.

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What You'll Learn
  • Toolmaking fundamentals
  • Building advanced PowerShell functions and modules
  • Best practices for PowerShell usage
  • Reporting with PowerShell HTML
  • Debugging PowerShell in VS Code
  • Getting a grasp of PowerShell remoting fundamentals
  • Accessing SQL Server databases with PowerShell
  • Building PowerShell GUIs in WPF
  • Testing PowerShell with Pester
  • Utilizing Windows Workflows with PowerShell
Prerequisites
  • A solid comprehension of core PowerShell features and techniques. Otherwise, viewing the Microsoft PowerShell Essentials path is recommended.
Related topics
  • Powershell
  • Windows
  • It Admin
  • It Infrastructure
  • IT Automation
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