Construct Effective Powershell Commands with the Pipeline

Learn to manipulate objects in the PowerShell pipeline by sorting, selecting, and measuring properties, displaying subsets, and creating custom properties for tailored object displays.

Master sorting, measuring, and selecting PowerShell objects with sort-object, measure-object, and select-object. Learn to sort by multiple properties, control case, and display chosen properties for precise output.

Explore how to create calculated properties in PowerShell using hash tables with label, name, and expression keys, and display customized output with Select-Object and formatting.

Learn to build effective PowerShell commands with the pipeline to display the current date, installed hotfixes, firewall rules, network neighbors, and DNS client cache for actionable reports.

Execute PowerShell commands to extract system information and configurations. Learn to display the current day of the year with Get-Date, view hotfixes, firewall rules, network neighbors, and DNS cache.

Explore Windows built-in features for converting data between formats and moving data to and from external storage. Understand object conversion, directing command output to a file, and handling errors.

Convert pipeline objects to various data representations using convert to, export, and out-file in Windows PowerShell, and learn two-step versus single-step workflows for data output.

Learn how PowerShell imports data from external storage, converts it into objects in a pipeline, and uses sort and select to manipulate the results, distinguishing import from get-content.

Learn to convert management information into multiple data formats using PowerShell pipelines, exporting objects to text, HTML, and delimited files, and importing data from these sources.

Learn to convert management information into formats for others using PowerShell pipelines, with commands like get-process, sort, select, convertto-csv, and export to create reports.

Learn to filter objects in the Windows PowerShell pipeline using basic and advanced syntax, compare with select-object, list major comparison operators, and optimize filtering performance.

Explore filtering objects with the PowerShell pipeline using Where-Object and comparison operators (equal, not equal, greater than, less than, like), including case sensitivity and wildcards.

Master PowerShell pipeline filtering by crafting where-object scripts, applying multi-criteria comparisons, and optimizing performance by filtering early and choosing efficient syntax.

Explore how to enumerate objects in the pipeline and how Windows PowerShell processes them from one command to another, plus the two techniques it uses to craft complex command lines.

Learn to enumerate objects in the PowerShell pipeline, work with one object at a time, and explain the purpose of enumeration using basic and advanced syntax.

Learn how to enumerate objects in a PowerShell pipeline using foreach-object, apply methods or properties, and use basic and advanced syntax with script blocks and the range operator.

Perform level 1 tasks using the PowerShell pipeline to enumerate certificates and their key algorithms, generate random numbers and names, work with WMI objects, and restart the computer if needed.

Learn PowerShell pipeline techniques to display installed certificate key algorithms, enumerate WMI object members, and generate random numbers with Get-Random, including reboot methods.

Explain the first shell pipeline technique, how commands receive input, which parameters accept input, and how to override the pipeline with manual parameters or use parenthetical commands.

Learn how Windows PowerShell commands receive input through the pipeline using by value, or by name, and how the shell binds pipeline objects to the most specific parameter types.

Learn how pipeline input binds to PowerShell command parameters and what happens when the input cannot be bound because a parameter is already used manually, using receptacle commands and parentheses.

Explore pipeline input by property name in PowerShell, map object properties to parameters, and use help to identify compatible inputs. Demonstrate creating users from comma-separated data by piping to New-User.

Use the PowerShell pipeline to pass the expanded name property of each computer to a command like Get-Service, enabling domain-wide service checks.

Predict and control data flow in Windows PowerShell pipeline, practice writing commands, review pipeline input behavior, and troubleshoot services, remote queries, and startup settings across domain computers.

Learn to use the PowerShell pipeline to query services across every computer in the domain, validate command behavior, and handle pipeline input with Get-WMIObject, Get-Content, and Restart-Computer.