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In this intermediate PowerShell course, you’ll go beyond the basics to build reliable scripts and automation tools. You’ll start by structuring your work with module manifests and argument completers, then organise functions and publish custom modules. You’ll practice navigating the file system with cmdlets and pipeline chain operators, parse text with regular expressions, and work with data from CSV and SQL. The course shows how to build cross‑platform scripts in Visual Studio Code, integrate with REST APIs, AWS Lambda, Azure services and other cloud tools, and automate administration tasks like Active Directory user and group management. Along the way you’ll explore object properties, error handling, debugging, unit testing with Pester, and writing user‑friendly CLI and GUI tools. By the end, you’ll be able to design, test and deploy PowerShell solutions that manage virtual machines, remoting sessions and infrastructure – making this training the easiest way to learn PowerShell.

Updated February 2019

26Skills
216Videos
38Virtual Labs
54h 24mTotal
216 videos38 labs54h 24m

Who This Course Is For

This PowerShell training is based on administrator-level Microsoft training, which means it was designed for systems administrators. This PowerShell skills course will validate the extensive experience most systems administrators have with PowerShell.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Organise and publish reusable code with modules, manifests and argument completers
  • Filter, sort and transform objects using pipeline and comparison operators
  • Call REST APIs, interact with AWS Lambda and Azure, and automate serverless and cloud services
  • Build and debug cross‑platform scripts in VS Code with Pester tests and robust error handling
  • Automate user, group and infrastructure management tasks to streamline your day‑to‑day IT work
  • Navigate the file system, parse text with regular expressions and work with CSV and SQL data

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.PowerShell 7 Introduction51m + 3 labs
  • Premium skill.PowerShell Basics46m + 2 labs
  • Premium skill.Getting Help in PowerShell 71h 6m + 5 labs
  • Premium skill.The Pipeline!1h 2m + 5 labs
  • Premium skill.Control of Flow with PowerShell 71h 4m + 5 labs
  • Premium skill.Beefing Up PowerShell 7 with Modules54m + 1 lab
  • Premium skill.Working with the OS in PowerShell1h 3m + 1 lab
  • Premium skill.Working with Data in Powershell50m + 1 lab
  • Premium skill.Working with Web Content in PowerShell1h 7m + 1 lab
  • Premium skill.Manage Active Directory with PowerShell 748m + 1 lab
  • Premium skill.Working with Azure in PowerShell 739m
  • Premium skill.Conquer Common PowerShell Tasks39m + 2 labs
  • Premium skill.Creating Functions like a Boss59m + 5 labs
  • Premium skill.Scripting like a Ninja55m + 3 labs
  • Premium skill.Real-World Automation with PowerShell 738m + 1 lab
  • Premium skill.Working with PowerShell 7 on Linux46m + 2 labs
  • Premium skill.Writing Intellisense for PowerShell Modules1h 17m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell 4 Foundations7h 57m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell Reference Training (v2-4): Core Fundamentals of PowerShell7h 26m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell Reference Training (v2-4): PowerShell Remoting3h 16m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell Reference Training (v2-4): WMI and CIM2h 45m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell Reference Training (v2-4): Background Jobs and Scripts4h 43m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell Reference Training (v2-4): Advanced Functions1h 32m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell Reference Training (v2-4): Advanced Scripting5h 6m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell Reference Training (v2-4): Automating Business Processes4h 18m
  • Premium skill.Microsoft PowerShell Reference Training (v2-4): Additional PowerShell Topics and Conclusion1h 58m

Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

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