Advanced PowerShell Automation

Manual administration creates inconsistency, slows incident response, and makes routine Windows Server operations harder to scale. IT Directors should assign Advanced PowerShell Automation to experienced systems administrators who already have Microsoft automation experience and need to move beyond one-off scripts into reusable operational tooling.

The course is a realistic investment of about 17.5 hours per learner, making it best suited for senior admins, automation owners, and Team Leads responsible for standardizing repeatable work. The curriculum covers module authoring, scheduled tasks, notifications, performance counters, event logs, REST APIs, Pester testing, serverless functions, and deployment patterns such as Pode web apps on Kubernetes.

For change management, teams should align on coding standards, module reuse, and test expectations before applying these skills in production. CBT Nuggets Playlists and Team Reporting can help Training Managers assign the path, monitor progress, and verify completion across the admin team.

IT teams complete this training to turn PowerShell from an individual scripting skill into a more reliable automation capability for operations work.

• Reduce repetitive admin effort: Build reusable modules, scheduled tasks, and automation tools instead of relying on manual runbooks.
• Improve monitoring and response: Use PowerShell to work with Windows performance counters, event logs, and Windows notifications for operational visibility.
• Standardize and test automation: Apply Pester-based infrastructure testing and use Visual Studio Code for a more consistent development workflow.
• Extend automation across systems: Automate REST APIs, manage FTP server content, build PowerShell Pode web apps, and explore serverless functions with PowerShell and AWS Lambda.

Knowledge

• How custom formatting changes the way PowerShell objects are displayed and consumed.
• How PowerShell modules support reusable automation across an IT team.
• How scheduled tasks, Windows notifications, event logs, and performance counters support operational workflows.
• How Pester fits into infrastructure testing for PowerShell-driven environments.
• How REST APIs, regular expressions, file streams, FTP automation, Pode, Kubernetes, and AWS Lambda expand PowerShell use cases.

Ability

• Author reusable PowerShell modules for administrative automation.
• Schedule recurring automation tasks and send Windows notifications.
• Monitor Windows performance counters and event logs with PowerShell.
• Configure Visual Studio Code for PowerShell development work.
• Build terminal UIs, web apps with Pode, and automation that interacts with REST APIs and FTP content.