PowerShell Advanced

Name: PowerShell Advanced
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PowerShell from Basic Scripter to Advanced Scripter

Created byDavid IT the Easy Way

Last updated 7/2023

English

What you'll learn

You will learn Intermediate to Advanced Scripting
You will learn the difference between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7
You will learn how to install PowerShell 7
You will learn how to install Visual Studio Code
You will learn basic Error Handling
You will learn how to use .NET Framework in Windows PowerShell 5.1
You will learn how to use .NET Core in PowerShell 7
You will learn how to use Function in PowerShell
You will learn how to create Cmdlets in PowerShell
You will learn how to create Modules in PowerShell

Course content

8 sections • 82 lectures • 7h 54m total length

Introduction5:42

Module 2 Intro1:40
Module 2 Lesson 1 : Learn what .NET is7:33
Discover what the dot net platform is, including dot net framework and dot net core, their languages and libraries, including cross-platform capabilities, and how ready-made code speeds up PowerShell development.
Module 2 Lesson 2 : Learn about .NET FrameWork and .NET Core4:42
Compare .NET framework and .NET core, highlighting the cross-platform power of .NET core and PowerShell 7. Note that .NET framework remains Windows-only with no new features.
Module 2 Lesson 3 : About the what and why of .NET in PowerShell4:57
Module 2 Lesson 4 Part A : A review of properties and methods in PowerShell8:48
Module 2 Lesson 4 Part B : A review of properties and methods in PowerShell9:47
Explore how objects originate from classes, exposing properties and methods in PowerShell, using service objects with name and display name and actions like start and stop.
Module 2 Demo Creating a .NET object in PowerShell seeing properties and methods9:30
Module 2 Lesson 5 Start : How to use .NET directly in PowerShell and assemblies7:41
Module 2 Demo Using the System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer6:25
Demonstrates using the System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer to load the assembly, create a speaker object, and call speak with a string, while highlighting overloads.
Module 2 Lesson 5 Continued7:47
Module 2 Demo How do we create an object/instance directly from a .NET Class7:40
Module 2 Lesson 6 : Static properties and methods3:00
Module 2 Demo Accessing static properties and methods of the System.Math Class3:47
Module 2 Lesson 72:09
Discover how to use the system.windows.forms open file dialog in PowerShell to provide a graphical file picker, with a starting folder and translated C# examples.
Module 2 Demo Introducing the System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog16:57
Module 2 Labs Intro0:51
Module 2 Lab A1:31
Module 2 Lab A Solution7:07
Module 2 Lab B1:59
PowerShell advanced 2 lab b shows you create a text file pick me.txt with two lines in folder C Fufu one, then use an open file dialog to display it.
Module 2 Lab B Solution7:30
Module 2 Lab C2:56
Select multiple text files in a directory, read their contents, and produce a consolidated output in PowerShell. Use hints in the solution video if you get stuck.
Module 2 Lab C Solution9:46

Module 3 Intro1:15
Module 3 Lesson 1 : The what and why of Functions in PowerShell4:26
Module 3 Demo Creating a simple Function and Calling a Function in PowerShell4:15
Module 3 Lesson 3 : Functions and variables in Functions, variable scope1:50
Module 3 Lesson 2 : Functions that return something and Functions that don't7:58
Module 3 Demo Functions that return output and an example of a Cmdlet10:10
Learn to create PowerShell advanced functions that return a single string, define typed string parameters, and bind values to demonstrate output, variable use, and basic cmdlet examples like Get-Service.
Module 3 Demo Functions that don’t return output and an example of a Cmdlet7:15
Demonstrate PowerShell advanced techniques by building a non-outputting function and a cmdlet example, including a speech method and a string parameter to create reusable commands.
Module 3 Demo Variables, Parameters in Functions AKA a tale of two variables4:25
Module 3 Lesson 4 : Error handling in PowerShell1:13
Learn to use try-catch blocks in PowerShell to catch errors, log them to a text file, and present meaningful messages to users, demonstrated with a practical example.
Module 3 Demo Using Try Catch and Finally7:37
Module 3 Lesson 5 : Various functions to make you see !0:57
Module 3 Demo Creating a function in PowerShell no value return and no params4:15
Module 3 Demo Creating a function in PowerShell no value return and has params8:38
Module 3 Demo Creating a function in PowerShell has value return and no params9:45
Module 3 Demo Creating a function in PowerShell has value return and has params5:03
Module 3 Labs Intro0:41
Module 3 Lab A1:06
Practice creating functions in PowerShell in module three lab a by building a hello world function with a name parameter, then extend it to include a last name parameter.
Module 3 Lab A Solution7:19
Explore building and calling PowerShell functions with parameters, returning values, and string concatenation, using a hello world example to demonstrate outputs and parameter usage.
Module 3 Lab B2:03
Module 3 Lab B Solution8:19
Module 3 Lab C1:26
Module 3 Lab C Solution6:42
Module 3 Lab D1:52
Module 3 Lab D Solution9:32
Module 3 Lab E4:38
Module 3 Lab E Solution9:12

Module 4 Intro3:14
Learn to create commands and manage modules in PowerShell, using custom objects and functions. Explore where to store modules and apply the final module through guided projects.
Module 4 Lesson 1 : What are Cmdlets1:30
Explore what cmdlets are, how functions become reusable commands, and how to create shareable scripts so others can use your custom commands in any PowerShell session.
Module 4 Lesson 2 : Many steps to create a Cmdlet1:08
Module 4 Demo a Function to begin with1:18
Module 4 Demo Step 1 Creating a Cmdlet2:20
In module 4 step 1, the demo shows creating a cmdlet by adding cmdlet binding to an existing function, enabling verbose, debug, and error action parameters.
Module 4 Demo Step 2 Creating a Cmdlet4:35
In module 4 of PowerShell advanced, learn to create a cmdlet by adding parameters, marking them mandatory, and wiring a help message.
Module 4 Demo Step 3 Creating a Cmdlet2:37
Module 4 Demo Step 4 Creating a Cmdlet3:27
Module 4 Demo Step 5 Part 1 Creating a Cmdlet8:21
Module 4 Demo Step 5 Part 2 Creating a Cmdlet10:58
Module 4 Demo Step 6 Creating a Cmdlet7:16
Module 4 Demo Step 7 Creating a Cmdlet8:40
Module 4 Demo Step 8 Creating a Cmdlet8:12
Module 4 Demo Step 9 Creating a Cmdlet6:06
Learn to create a cmdlet by defining a function with a synopsis, parameters, and examples, and use Get-Help to view syntax, descriptions, and common base help.
Module 4 Lesson 3 : PowerShell Custom Objects6:30
Module 4 Demo Creating a PowerShell Custom object9:47
Module 4 Demo Step 10 Creating a Cmdlet8:45
Module 4 Demo Step optional 11 Creating a Cmdlet - Write-Verbose and Write-Error6:27
Module 4 Lesson 4 : PowerShell Modules6:27
Module 4 Demo Creating and storing a PowerShell Module.4:27
Module 4 Demo Creating and Storing a PowerShell Manifest9:18

Downloading and Installing PowerShell 7.03:40
Module 1 Demo Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.0 Side by Side5:17
Explore running Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7 side by side on Windows, compare interoperability, module compatibility, and common commands like Get-Service and Stop-Service for cross-version workflows.
Module 1 Demo Installing Visual Studio Code and adding the PowerShell Extension4:51
Install Visual Studio Code and the PowerShell extension to enable IntelliSense and code completion for PowerShell, with integration across Windows PowerShell 5.0 to 7.
Module 1 Demo Using Visual Studio Code and switching PS7.0 en WSP5.15:33

Requirements

You need to know what Cmdlets do and their parameters
You need to know what variables are
You need to know what an object is and properties and methods although this will be dealt with too
You need to know what arrays are
You need to know the if/elseif/else statement
You need to know the foreach statement
You need to be able to write basic scripts
Windows 10 or Windows 11 will be required to follow along

Description

Hello there ! I am David Fitzpatrick and I welcome you to my course! This course is for IT Professionals DevOps engineers (not programmers) who have some basic PowerShell skills know how to do it and foreach statements but would like to know how to do functions error handling and more advanced topics. This course is not for programmers, a programmer already has most of the tools necessary. Now to the stuff you will learn
Apart from learning the difference between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.0. This course will take you from a basic scripter who uses simple scripts to be a more advanced scripter in which you will learn how to use .NET, create functions and convert the functions into Cmdlets. We will practice a lot with labs. The most difficult being a Extra Lab which will make more sense when you start using PowerShell more after this course.

This course follows the PowerShell from Beginner to Sheller and Scripter course, but can be done without following that course as long as you have all the prerequisites.

Please be welcome and I will love to see you in this course. Welcome to PowerShell Advanced! Let me know what you thought about it!

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Intermediate to advanced students who want to improve their understanding and use of PowerShell

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 6min

Module 12 lectures • 10min

Module 222 lectures • 2hr 14min

Module 326 lectures • 2hr 12min

Module 421 lectures • 2hr 1min

EndProjects5 lectures • 51min

Final Thoughts1 lecture • 2min

Appendix4 lectures • 19min

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