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Learning Task Automation using Windows PowerShell

PowerShell guide to introduce you with PowerShell scripting and use PowerShell ISE, PowerShell cmdlets for automations

Created byTechSckool By Vijay, Pooja Kataria

Last updated 6/2024

English

What you'll learn

Full of hands-on instructions, interesting and illustrative examples, clear explanations
Learn an important and mandatory skill for Windows Server Administration
Learn Windows PowerShell scripting
Understanding of the power of Windows PowerShell
Fundamentals of Programming -Variables,Arrays,loops
File Operations, Task Scheduler, Windows Processes & Services
How to form statements using PowerShell Cmdlets
Write your Automation scripts

Course content

8 sections • 45 lectures • 3h 30m total length

Introduction2:56
In this lecture, we will get introduced to the course on Windows PowerShell and understand how PowerShell can help us to automate our tasks.
What is PowerShell and Why PowerShell6:22
In this lecture we will discuss the definition of power shell and see why makes powershell an essential skill for system administrators & IT professionals.
Frequently Asked Questions0:23
Getting PowerShell1:45
Microsoft website WMF (PowerShell) download URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50395
Your Voice Matters2:46
Your voice matters in learning PowerShell task automation; leave reviews and ratings to guide the instructor, help future students, and improve course content.
PowerShell Console & ISE3:25
Explore the PowerShell console and ISE, learn to open, customize appearance, and write scripts in a single gui. See command discovery with Get-Service on localhost.
Few basic commands for Navigation in console3:06
In this lecture, we will discuss some basic CMD or batch commands and their corresponding powershell commands to be able to comfortable traverse in powershell terminal.
Session1 Refresher Quiz

Generative AI for Developers: Before You Start This Section0:42
To keep this course aligned with today's technology, we've added this AI-focused section. These lessons show how Generative AI can enhance your productivity while reinforcing the importance of strong technical fundamentals. After completing this section, continue with the remaining course content to apply these concepts in practice.
Generative AI for Developers: What AI Can Already Build4:56
See generative AI write a real PowerShell script, a Python script, a GitHub Actions workflow, a Kubernetes manifest, and a Terraform config — live, on screen. Whether you're learning to code, script, or build cloud infrastructure with AI coding assistants like ChatGPT and Copilot, this lecture sets the baseline: here's exactly what AI can already do for you, so the rest of the course can show you what it still can't.
Why Your Automation Skills Still Matter With AI Coding Tools11:49
AI can write a script in seconds — so why keep learning to write one yourself? This lecture answers that honestly, with two live, real examples in PowerShell and Python where AI-generated code looks perfect and quietly isn't. Essential for anyone using an AI coding assistant for scripting, automation, or infrastructure work who wants to close the judgment gap AI can't close for you.
AI can write a script in seconds - so why keep learning to write one yourself?4:45
A real near-miss story, reproduced live: an AI-generated script almost leaks a live API key straight to a public GitHub repo — and how an automated guardrail catches it in seconds. A must-watch for anyone using generative AI for coding, DevOps, or cloud automation who wants to build securely, not just quickly.
AI Habits Every Developer Should Adopt Today5:39
Beyond writing code — five real, practical ways to use generative AI every day: fast upskilling on new tools, automated documentation, smarter troubleshooting with real context, and a head start on architecture diagrams. Straight from a working Generative AI Architect's own daily toolkit, not theory — the habits that actually save time on real scripting, DevOps, and cloud engineering work.

PsversionTable & Introduction to Objects5:23
In this lecture, we will get introduced to PowerShell Version, Objects, and how objects makes PowerShell extremely powerful with the help of PowerShell pipeline.
PowerShell Help4:42
While working in PowerShell , how to get relevant commands and detailed help with examples for those PowerShell commandlets.
Update-Help and Save-Help1:54
While working in PowerShell, how can we get the latest help and how to save the help to the file system.
Getting PowerShell Concept based help0:10
How to get the PowerShell's concept based help
PowerShell Intellisense1:16
In this lecture, we will get introduced to PowerShell IntelliSense which helps developers by intelligently auto-suggesting appropriate PowerShell commandlets.
PowerShell Aliases3:42
In this lecture, we will get introduced to PowerShell Aliases and see how we can create a short name for long PowerShell commandlets.
Session 2 Refresher Quiz

Variable & constants5:32
In this lecture, we will get introduced to basic concepts of scripting with PowerShell variables and variable data types.
Write-Host & Write-Output3:31
In this lecture, we will get introduced to how to write our output on console as well compare the different commandlets and understand which one is better out of these powershell commandlets.
Comparison Operators1:35
In this lecture, we will explore how to compare 2 values in powershell scripting.
If, If-Else Condition3:22
In this lecture, we will get introduced to decision-making using help of the if-else loop with the help of powershell comparison operator.
Error Handling - Try & Catch5:01
In this lecture, we will explore Error Handling - Try & Catch.
Arrays4:58
In this lecture, we will explore PowerShell Arrays and understand how to store values in Array as well as how to access the values from an array.
Iterations (While Loop & For Loop)6:32
In this lecture, we will explore Iterations (While Loop & For Loop)
Session 3 Refresher Quiz
Some Basic Programming Practice

Check a file's existence and read4:10
In this lecture, we will explore how to check a file's existence with Test-Path and read the content of the file into PowerShell with Get-Content.
Mini Exercise1:55
In this lecture, we will demonstrate a working PowerShell script.
CSV File Handling with PowerShell20:27
Learn to handle CSV data with PowerShell by reading, filtering, adding and removing columns, and exporting results back to CSV as custom objects.
XML File Handling4:57
In this lecture, we will explore XML File Handling with PowerShell.
Create a new file and write content2:26
In this lecture, we will explore how to create a new file with PowerShell and write our text using PowerShell commandlet.
Create a structured Log File3:47
In this lecture, we will explore how to create a formatted log file with timestamps.
File Operation and data manipulation
Prepare Employee benefit's eligibility status

What is a windows process4:44
In this lecture, we will get introduced to Windows Process.
What is a windows service2:17
In this lecture, we will get introduced to Windows Service.
Get-Process9:01
In this lecture, we will get introduced to managing Windows Process with the help of PowerShell.
Get-Service5:09
In this lecture, we will get introduced to managing Windows Service with the help of PowerShell.
What exactly is PowerShell Pipeline1:56
In this lecture, we will get introduced to PowerShell Pipeline.
Format-List, Format-Table and ConvertTo cmdlets4:56
In this lecture, we will get introduced to PowerShell Pipeline.
Practice of Get-Process, Get-Service and ConvertTo cmdlets
Logical Thinking(Theory based)
System Administration

What is a task Scheduler4:08
In this lecture, we will get introduced to Windows Task Scheduler.
Automation 1 : File Purging -Draft15:35
In this lecture, we will get develop a PowerShell Automation script for your production environment.
Purge Automation Enhancements6:24
In this lecture, we will get develop a PowerShell Automation script for your production environment.
Automation 2 Scheduled Services Restart (Production Ready)12:35
In this lecture, we will get develop a PowerShell Automation script for your production environment.
Mini Project : Arrange My Music Library
Thinking Ability
End Course Test(Unsolved)2:12

What we have learnt4:32
Explore PowerShell basics from definition to installation, ISE features, and GUI scripting. Master Get-Help and Get-Command, control flow, file handling, formatting, and Task Scheduler automation for Windows administration.
What is Next2:53
Discover how to gain hands-on PowerShell experience by automating simple tasks, evaluating script efficiency, and advancing toward professional, advanced task automation with Windows PowerShell.
Bonus Lecture0:13

Requirements

Desire to Automate manual tasks
PC/Laptop installed with Windows OS. You should be able to use PC/laptop comfortably.
Some basic understanding of command line (Win CMD/Unix Shell) will help quickly picking up

Description

New to PowerShell and worried you don't have a programming background? This is the course built exactly for you. Learn Windows PowerShell scripting from absolute zero and start automating the repetitive daily tasks that eat up your workday - no prior coding experience required.

This is a beginner-friendly, hands-on PowerShell course for IT professionals, system administrators, help desk and desktop support staff, and anyone who wants to break into IT automation. Even in an AI-assisted, DevOps-driven 2026 workplace, PowerShell remains the core scripting language for Windows administration - and the ability to write your own automation is still what separates the people who get promoted from the people who click through the same tasks by hand.

You get 40 lectures across 7 sections, plus quizzes, coding assignments, and production-ready mini projects - all backed by 1-on-1 instructor support, LIFETIME access, and a 100% money-back guarantee.

The whole course is designed around one idea: make you *think* in terms of automation, so that once you finish you can automate tasks we never even covered. Concepts that aren't strictly PowerShell but are essential for understanding it (Windows processes, services, the pipeline) are included as a bonus, so you won't need to hunt across ten different sources.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN - KEY TOPICS COVERED:

- PowerShell scripting fundamentals - variables, operators, conditionals, loops, and arrays

- Error handling in PowerShell with Try & Catch

- Working with PowerShell Help, IntelliSense, and aliases the right way

- File handling in PowerShell - reading, writing, CSV, XML, and structured log files

- Understanding Windows processes and services with Get-Process and Get-Service

- What the PowerShell pipeline really is, plus Format-List, Format-Table and ConvertTo cmdlets

- Windows Task Scheduler - scheduling PowerShell scripts to run automatically

- Real automation project: production-ready file purging with PowerShell

- Real automation project: scheduled Windows service restarts (production ready)

This course teaches Windows PowerShell using the PowerShell ISE and console. The scripting fundamentals and automation mindset you build here carry over directly to PowerShell 7 / PowerShell Core, so nothing you learn goes to waste.

Enroll now, and feel free to request a lecture on any PowerShell topic within the scope of this course. By the end you won't just copy scripts - you'll write your own. Let's start this scripting journey :)

TAGS: PowerShell, PowerShell scripting, Windows PowerShell, PowerShell for beginners, task automation, IT automation, system administration, scripting for beginners

Who this course is for:

Students/IT Professionals who desire to automate their or team's day to day life manual work
System Administrator (Beginners )
Aspirants seeking carrier in IT Automation
Anyone who want to get basic understanding of coding/scripting

Learning Task Automation using Windows PowerShell

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Course content

Overview7 lectures • 21min

Professional Skills in the AI Era5 lectures • 28min

Starting with PowerShell6 lectures • 17min

Programming Basics7 lectures • 31min

File Operations6 lectures • 38min

System Administration6 lectures • 28min

Automation for production environment5 lectures • 41min

Conclusion3 lectures • 8min

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