Get to an advanced level and become efficient at work. Learn ways to automate your daily work using the advantages of Windows PowerShell scripting.
Key Features
- Presents a nice introduction to PowerShell in an easy-to-follow approach with examples
- Managing system processes: get-process and stop-process
- Full of hands-on instructions, interesting and illustrative examples, clear explanations
Book Description
This course is designed to take the system administrators to an advanced level and make them more efficient at their work. You will find ways to automate your daily work using the advantages of Windows PowerShell scripting. It covers a wider list of topics such as why automation; how to launch Windows PowerShell as admin and non-admin; what is the execution policy; PowerShell help; PowerShell file read operations; PowerShell, Windows PowerShell, Microsoft scripting language; and PowerShell modules introduction and benefits.
The course is intended to make people think in terms of automating small daily tasks using Windows PowerShell and improve work efficiency and then gradually move towards complex logical tasks.
All the resource files are updated on the GitHub repository at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Windows-PowerShell-Hands-On-Training-for-Beginners
What you will learn
- Automation of planned service restarts
- Learn an important and mandatory skill for Windows Server Administration
- Introduction to scripting world using Windows PowerShell scripting
- Introductory concepts of PowerShell
- ISE and PowerShell console - a quick walkthrough
- Manage Windows services
Who this book is for
This course is for anyone who is working in IT and uses the Windows operating system as well as individuals seeking a career in IT automation, who want to learn to be more efficient and automate their daily work using the advantages of Windows PowerShell scripting.
Some basic understanding of the command line (Win CMD/Unix Shell) will help in quickly picking up the content.
