Powershell In-Depth

Open Windows Terminal to launch multiple PowerShell tabs, switch between them with keyboard shortcuts, and install the terminal from the Microsoft Store to manage multiple shells.

Learn to install PowerShell on a Linux Ubuntu machine using a Vagrant image, add the repository key, manage apt dependencies, and resolve installation issues.

Explore the PowerShell environment across Windows and other operating systems, learn to create and run scripts from Notepad or the console, and manage execution policies.

PowerShell in-depth explains the four execution policy types, how to view the current policy, and how to change it with set-executionpolicy by running an admin mode shell.

Examine bypass options for execution policy, including temporary bypass in a console and permanent changes via set execution policy.

Explore PowerShell basics: declare and manage variables with dynamic typing, and assign values across lines. Learn about environment and automatic variables, noun-verb syntax, and aliases.

Explore how PowerShell handles variable creation and scope, contrasting global, local, and private scopes, with constants and read-only options, and using Get-Variable to inspect variables.

Master object oriented concepts in PowerShell by modeling entities as objects with properties and methods. Use dot notation and pipelines to format, select properties, and export data to CSV.

Explore PowerShell in-depth: work with services, extensions (snap-ins and modules), PSDrives and PSProviders, saving commands, and master Get-Command and Get-Service for system management.

Explore how PowerShell pipelines pass objects between commands, use select-object to print names, loop through items, and call dotnet libraries, distinguishing static versus instance methods.

Learn how to create custom PowerShell objects, define properties and methods, and access members with Get-Member, while exploring the host object and loading COM objects.

Learn to access VirtualBox through a COM object in PowerShell, explore how to interact with the COM object properties, and use VBoxManage command line to list and manage boxes.

Explore PowerShell in-depth by mastering pipelines, conditional statements, switch, where-object, and foreach loops, while using select-object and aliases to filter, map, and route data.

Explore the differences between foreach and foreach-object in PowerShell, examine pipeline usage, and learn about aliases and defining functions with parameters and script blocks.

Explore creating and using PowerShell functions, pass parameters, use aliases and script blocks, manage variables and arguments, and handle execution policies and profiles for secure scripting.

Explore PowerShell techniques to report and manage processes, services, and event logs, including starting and tracking processes, filtering by criteria, and exporting concise reports.

Explore PowerShell remoting with PSSession to run remote commands across Windows and Linux hosts, while managing credentials, trusted hosts, and domain versus non-domain connectivity.

Explore PowerShell remoting with invoke-command to run remote tasks, manage remote processes, handle output objects, and use sessions and credentials for secure, interactive remote execution.

Explore how the filesystem structures data as a hierarchical information system and master core PowerShell commands to navigate and manipulate files, including get-item, get-content, copy-item, and invoke-item.

Master PowerShell file system basics, navigate root and home spaces, manage working directories with push and pop location, and interact with registries using keys and values and ACL permissions.

Discover how Windows management instrumentation (WMI) exposes system information via namespaces, classes, and instances, and explore ADSI concepts for domain data access and event-based actions.