Windows Server with Powershell: Fundamentals

Learn to use Windows PowerShell's help system to discover commands and learn their usage. Correct syntax and shortened forms reduce typing, preparing you to work effectively in production environments.

Discover how Windows PowerShell commands mirror Linux file management, using familiar commands like dir and ls, and learn aliases and the Get-ChildItem syntax for recursion.

Explore PowerShell command syntax and help options, including get-help and aliases like dir, view examples, and use show window or online; learn updating and accessing online help.

Discover how to view and compare PowerShell command help using Get-Help, Help, and the Linux-like man, access online and GUI help, and view command usage examples.

Windows PowerShell uses built-in help and Get-Command for command discovery across modules, with on-demand loading and wildcard searches, using a verb-noun naming convention to guess commands like mailboxes and service.

Learn to discover PowerShell commands using Get-Command and Get-Help, filter by keywords like ip v4, and read remote event logs while managing restart and creation of new items.

Explore how to interpret PowerShell help files to use commands effectively, understand parameter sets and positional parameters, and verify mandatory options with full command help.

Discover how Windows PowerShell uses online help, downloadable and updateable help files, and the update-help and save-help commands to manage module help across online and offline environments.

Learn to use PowerShell's help system with get-help and update-help, and save-help to a network location. Schedule monthly updates and configure ui culture settings for accurate command information.

Learn to configure a network share for saving and updating PowerShell help files and deploy updates across domain-joined servers using group policy.

Explore Windows PowerShell help files describing its scripting language, operators, and global shell techniques and features, and learn to view topics with help and wildcard searches for exercises.

See how to use help topics and the full text search functionality to find about topics, view topic lists, and explore aliases and event logs in the Windows environment.

Build familiarity with finding commands and their syntax. Then learn to run commands using full command syntax and parameter usage to configure the system with PowerShell.

Explore the full formal syntax of PowerShell commands, identifying verb-noun command forms, proper dash-delimited parameters, and how case-insensitivity and tab completion help you craft accurate, error-free commands.

Explore specifying multiple values for the computer name parameter in PowerShell, using double square bracket notation for multiple strings, and employing a comma separated list or text file input.

Explore shortened command syntax in Windows PowerShell, including aliases, positional parameters, truncated parameter names, and typed completion, and learn why full command names and parameters improve readability.

Displays a graphical dialog for a command's parameters with show-command, showing parameter sets and enabling you to mix and match options to generate an exact command.

Explore PowerShell commands that modify the system, using what-if and confirm parameters to test actions, adjust the confirm preference, and understand internal impact levels of low, medium, and high.

Observe how to use Show-Command to display parameters for Get-Service, select a parameter set, enter the computer name, and copy and paste the generated command to run in PowerShell.

Explore how to use PowerShell confirm and what-if parameters to modify system state, including stopping services and processes, adjusting the confirm preference variable, and reading command help.

Learn the fundamentals of PowerShell on Windows Server 2016, covering an overview of PowerShell, finding and using commands, and running commands to support daily tasks.

Explore the origins and purpose of Windows PowerShell, learn its system requirements, open and configure native host applications, and identify major versions and the difference between shell and OS features.

PowerShell offers an object-oriented engine for administrative tasks, usable in GUI apps or the command line, ensuring GUI actions can be replicated by scripts with powerful commands.

Trace the evolution of PowerShell from 1.0 to 5.0, including the Windows Management Framework, Windows Remote Management, Background Intelligent Transfer Service, and the default PowerShell version on Windows Server 2016.

Discover how to host Windows PowerShell in console and integrated scripting environment hosts, compare capabilities and editing features, record activity transcripts, and link commands into scripts.

Run PSVersionTable in Windows PowerShell to display the version numbers of PowerShell components. Be aware that this technique may yield blank results in Windows PowerShell 1.0.

Choose the correct 64-bit or 32-bit Windows PowerShell host on your OS, then run as administrator to ensure the window title shows administrator.

Configure the Windows PowerShell console for readability by adjusting font, font size, color, and window layout; ensure the screen fits and disable horizontal scrolling, and learn mouse-based copy-paste.

Master the Windows PowerShell console by copying and pasting text, selecting blocks, navigating history with arrow keys and F7, and running as administrator while adjusting window and transcript settings.

Explore the PowerShell ISE interface, including the script editor and console pane, command search, and parameter entry, while learning to customize fonts, colors, and snippets for debugging and scripting.

Open the IAC as administrator, arrange its script and console panes, toggle layouts from side-by-side to single pane, adjust font size, dock or float panes, and apply a presentation theme.

Complete two exercises to configure Windows PowerShell console and IAC application, tailoring appearance, layout, colors, and window size while preserving the horizontal scrollbar. Save a transcript on the C drive.

Open Windows PowerShell as administrator, verify 64-bit vs 86-bit console, pin to taskbar, adjust properties (font, colors, size), and start a transcript to record commands.

Open the 64-bit Windows PowerShell as administrator, set a single pane view, hide the command pane, and adjust the font size to read comfortably in this lab exercise.

Open 64-bit Windows PowerShell as administrator and configure the console for a single-pane view by showing the script pane and adjusting the font size.

Understand why the console application supports transcripts and multi-line command entry, unlike the IAC, and learn to configure alternative text colors to improve visibility of curly braces and punctuation.

Explore Windows PowerShell essentials by using the shell help system to discover commands, learn correct and shortened syntax, and execute familiar commands with confidence.

Explore how Windows PowerShell uses aliases for native commands like dir, cd, type, and cat to manage files and folders, learn Get-ChildItem, and differences in syntax for recursion and redirection.

Learn how to access and read PowerShell help with get-help and its show-window option, view usage examples for commands like get-childitem, and update or view online help.

Demonstrates Windows PowerShell help basics with Get-Help and help, showing parameters and examples for commands like dir, comparing output and paging, and using online or in-window help and Linux-style man.

Explore how Windows PowerShell discovers commands through modules and autoloading, using Get-Help and Get-Command to find, learn, and run commands, with wildcard searches and naming conventions.

Explore how to discover PowerShell commands with wildcards, locate commands for creating new items and restarting systems, and access IP version 4 related commands and remote event logs.

Learn to use command help to understand syntax and parameter sets, identify mandatory and positional parameters, and prefer full parameter names for clearer, error-free PowerShell commands.

Learn how Windows PowerShell uses online and downloadable help, updateable content, and language fallbacks; use the force parameter to override updates, and understand offline access for installed modules only.

Explore Windows PowerShell help files and constructs, including scripting language operators and global techniques; learn to view topics with help, use wildcards, and read manuals for future exercises.

Explore Windows PowerShell help topics and the full-text search feature, using wildcards to locate relevant entries, and view topics like about, aliases, and event logs.

Learn to find commands and understand their syntax, and practice executing commands with full syntax to avoid common beginner errors when configuring Windows Server with Powershell.

Learn how Windows PowerShell commands use verb-noun syntax, dash parameters, case-insensitivity, and tab completion to construct accurate, space-delimited commands.

Explore how to use double square bracket notation to pass multiple computer names to a parameter, and employ comma-separated lists, text files with get-content, and variables.

Discover how Windows PowerShell uses aliases, positional parameters, and truncated parameter names for shorter commands, and why type completion with full command and parameter names improves readability and maintenance.

Explore how the show command opens a graphical dialog to configure a command's parameters, including positional and mixed options, and how to run or copy the resulting command in PowerShell.

Learn how what-if and confirm parameters help test and control command execution that changes system state, with default high confirm preference and session-only adjustments using $ConfirmPreference.

Demonstrate using the show command to display get-service parameters and select a parameter set on the default tab with the computer name Sleb DC one.

Learn to use the what-if parameter and the confirm preference to preview outcomes and suppress prompts when starting, stopping, or affecting multiple services and processes.