Advanced Windows PowerShell Scripting

Table of Contents

Introduction

Introduction And About The Author 00:07:37

Preparing To Build A Test Environment 00:06:55

Test Environment - Windows Server 2008 R2 00:12:31

Test Environment - Windows Server 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 - Part 1 00:02:56

Test Environment - Windows Server 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 - Part 2 00:05:17

Test Environment - Windows Server 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 - Part 3 00:03:53

Installing The Domain Controller 00:05:14

From Scripting To Modules

Scope 00:11:02

Creating Our Starting Script 00:06:10

Moving To A Function 00:10:09

Parameter Validation 00:08:01

Using Child Functions 00:07:25

Creating A Module 00:10:11

Making Modules Like A Rock Star

Custom Format Views 00:12:04

Custom Type Extensions 00:11:56

Public And Private Module Members 00:05:00

Error Handling 00:10:41

WMI And CIM - The Keys To Success 00:08:22

.NET - Never Reinvent The Wheel 00:08:25

Building Help Files 00:09:02

Debugging Methods 00:10:44

Advanced Objects

Simple Object Creation 00:06:51

Objects From Multiple Sources 00:03:32

Complex Objects And Storage 00:04:24

Accessing Complex Objects 00:03:45

Creating Methods 00:08:33

Creating PowerShell V5 Class Objects - Part 1 00:07:32

Creating PowerShell V5 Class Objects - Part 2 00:11:33

The PowerShell Pipeline

Pipeline Overview 00:04:48

ByValue Pipeline 00:03:49

ByPropertyName Pipeline 00:05:00

Filtering Functions 00:08:09

PowerShell Remoting

Remoting Overview 00:04:33

Enabling Remoting 00:07:57

One-To-One Remoting 00:04:49

One-To-Many Remoting 00:11:03

Sessions 00:13:05

CIMSessions 00:07:23

PowerShell Specific To A Product

Overview 00:03:01

Windows Server 00:05:26

Exchange Server 00:11:47

Grabbing Data From The Internet

Finding Sources Of Information 00:03:57

Using External Information 00:07:08

Automating Administration

Background Jobs 00:08:46

Scheduled Jobs 00:07:29

Reporting 00:13:45

Conclusion

Wrap Up 00:05:15