Microsoft Bootcamp AZ-040: Automating Administration with PowerShell

AZ-040: Automating Administration with PowerShell

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows servers. This course provides students the skills to identify and build the command they require to perform a specific task. In addition, students learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports. This course provides prerequisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365. In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any one of those products, although Windows Server, which is the common platform for all of those products, will serve as the example for the techniques this course teaches. 

The course is scheduled from Monday through Thursday on the following dates and time.
October 9-12, 2023            1:00pm to 4:00pm AEDT

The cost of the course is $700 including GST and the following:
  • Exam Voucher
  • 4 instructor led sessions delivered via MS Teams
  • Access to self-paced learning materials
  • Access to recorded sessions via our learning portal
  • Hands on Labs, with access for 180 days
  • Post course lab support

    • Prerequisites

    It would be ideal if you had acquired the skills and knowledge listed before attending this course. 

  • Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation.
  • Experience with Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

    Agenda

      Session 1
    • Getting started with Windows PowerShell
    • Windows PowerShell for local systems administration
    • Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline
      Session 2
    • Using PSProviders and PSDrives
    • Querying management information by using CIM and WMI
    • Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables
      Session 3
    • Windows PowerShell scripting
    • Administering remote computers with Windows PowerShell
    • Managing Azure resources with PowerShell

      Session 4
    • Managing Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell
    • Using background jobs and scheduled jobs