Windows Server 2008 PowerShell Training

Windows Server 2008 PowerShell Training - Course Outline

Lesson 1 - Getting Started with Windows Server 2008 PowerShell Training

This lesson provides a course overview, lays out the scenario and explains why this course is important and what skills the student can expect to learn.

• Who Is Your Instructor?
• Why Is This Important?
• How Do You Use This Course?
• Course Overview

Lesson 2 - Setup and Prerequisites

This lesson will discuss course goals and the necessary hardware and software requirements. We’ll also discuss different formatting and documentation options that we’ll be using throughout the course in Windows PowerShell.

• Prerequisite Knowledge
• What is the Scenario?
• Lab Setup
• Demo: Lab Setup

Lesson 3 - Ten Tasks

This lesson is a demonstration of 10 common server tasks. Here Jeff will walk you through some of the more common admin tasks that you'll use often, and how to make them more efficient.

• Change the Local Administrator Password
• Restart or Shutdown a Server
• Restart a Service
• Terminate a Process
• Create a Disk Utilization Report
• Get 10 Most Recent Event Log Errors
• Reset Access Control on a Folder
• Get a Server's Uptime
• Get Service Pack Information
• Delete Old Files

Lesson 4 - Management Essentials

This lesson will explain how to accomplish typical server administration tasks using Windows PowerShell. Tasks we discussed in the ""Ten Tasks"" lesson will also be further addressed.

• Documenting Roles and Features
• Adding Roles and Features
• Removing Roles and Features
• Demo: Managing Roles and Features
• Server Hardware Inventory and Documentation
• Server Software Inventory and Documentation
• Demo: Inventory and Documentation
• Finding Service Packs and Hot Fixes
• Demo: Service Packs and Hot Fixes
• Shutting Down a Server
• Restarting a Server
• Demo: Shutdown and Reboot

Lesson 5 - Managing Event Logs

The Windows Event log is a critical source of information and is the first place an administrator checks when a problem arises. This lesson will demonstrate how to search for relevant information in one or more event logs. It will also discuss how to manage the event logs themselves including backup and clearing.

• Searching Event Logs
• Demo: Searching Event Logs
• Backing Up Event Logs
• Demo: Backup Event Logs
• Writing Event Logs
• Demo: Writing to Event Logs
• Managing Event Log Settings
• Demo: Managing Event Log Settings

Lesson 6 - Managing Services

In this lesson we’ll explore how to use Windows PowerShell to monitor processes. We’ll explore how to report what processes are running and their details. We’ll also look at stopping and starting processes both locally and remotely.

• Service Reporting
• Demo: Service Reporting
• Service Management: Stopping
• Service Management: Starting
• Demo: Controlling Services
• Service Configuration: Startup Mode
• Service Configuration: Setting Service Account
• Service Configuration: Setting Account Password
• Demo: Service Configuration
• Monitoring Service Changes
• Demo: Monitor Service Changes

Lesson 7 - Managing Processes

In this lesson we’ll look at typical administrator tasks for managing a file server. We’ll explore efficient ways to provision files and shares as well as utilization reporting which is always a critical task. The lesson will also examine ways to monitor when changes are made to a file or folder.

• Process Reporting
• Demo: Process Reporting
• Terminating a Process
• Launching a Remote Process
• Demo: Controlling Processes
• Monitoring Process Changes
• Demo: Monitor Process Changes

Lesson 8 - Managing the File System

In this lesson we’ll look at typical administrator tasks for managing file share permissions.

• Creating Folders
• Creating File Shares
• Removing File Shares
• Demo: Creating and Deleting Folders and Shares
• Managing File Sessions
• Demo: Managing File Sessions
• Copying Files
• Moving Files
• Deleting Files
• Compressing Files
• Demo: Copy, Move and Compress Files
• File Reporting
• Demo: File Reporting
• Monitoring Files and Folders
• Demo: Monitoring Files and Folders

Lesson 9 - Managing File and Share Permissions

Here we demonstrate how admins can manage file and folder permissions and access control with PowerShell.

• Retrieving File/Folder Access Control
• Changing File/Folder Access Control
• Change File/Folder Permissions
• Managing File/Folder Inheritance
• Managing File/Folder Auditing
• Demo: File and Folder Access Control
• Retrieving File Share Permissions
• Changing File Share Permissions
• Demo: Managing Share Permissions
• Provisioning a File Share
• Demo: Provision a File Share with PowerShell

Lesson 10 - Managing Print Services

This lesson will demonstrate typical administrative tasks for print servers, such as adding, removing devices and managing the print queue.

• Enumerating Print Devices
• Managing a Print Device
• Adding a Print Device
• Removing a Print Device
• Demo: Managing Print Devices
• Managing the Print Queue
• Pausing and Resuming a Print Queue
• Managing Print Jobs
• Demo: Managing Print Queues and Jobs

Lesson 11 - Managing the Registry

The registry is a critical component in any Windows server. This lesson will discuss a variety of ways to manage and use the Registry with Windows PowerShell. We will look at methods for managing the registry locally and remotely.

• Using the Registry Provider and PSDrive
• Demo: Navigating the Registry
• Searching the Registry
• Demo: Searching the Registry
• Modifying the Registry
• Demo: Modifying the Registry
• Using Transactions
• Demo: Using Transactions

Lesson 12 - Performance Measuring and Monitoring

This lesson will examine how to monitor performance with Windows PowerShell. Performance reporting is a critical administrative task that is used to track trends and detect problems before they reach a critical stage.

• Measuring System Uptime
• Measuring Process Uptime
• Measuring Service Uptime
• Demo: Measuring Uptime
• Performance Monitoring with WMI
• Demo: Performance Monitoring with WMI
• Using Performance Counters in PowerShell
• Performance Counters in PowerShell
• Demo: Performance Counters in PowerShell

Lesson 13 - Next Steps

In this lesson we’ll summarize what we’ve covered and look at ways PowerShell can be used to manage other elements of a Windows network such as Active Directory, IIS, and SQL Server.

• What Have We Learned?
• What Should You Do Next?
• PowerShell Next Steps
• PowerShell Next Steps: Active Directory
• Demo: PowerShell and Active Directory
• PowerShell Next Steps: Group Policy
• Demo: PowerShell and Group Policy
• PowerShell Next Steps: IIS
• Demo: PowerShell and IIS
• PowerShell Next Steps: SQL Server
• Demo: PowerShell and SQL Server
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