Course 7: Xamarin C# & PowerShell to Automate Network tool

Name: Course 7: Xamarin C# & PowerShell to Automate Network tool
Rating: 4.2 (20 reviews)

PowerShell series, Master Network Admin tools creation using Visual Studio 2019, Xamarin, C#, XPath and PowerShell 6

Created byDante Leo

Last updated 10/2019

English

What you'll learn

Add PowerShell scripts to C sharp program
Add XML UI code to PowerShell Script file
Build GUI PowerShell Script file
Learn advance PowerShell functions, data flow, error handling ... etc
XPath expression
Events and Triggers
Code test
Error handling and conditions
Data flow and application structure

Course content

7 sections • 39 lectures • 3h 40m total length

Course introduction6:25
Updated course list5:28
Explore two groups focused on Windows Server 2019 and PowerShell to automate network management, build practical skills in active directory, security, and enterprise lab workflows for real-world administration.
Network Tools6:03
Technology to be used2:41
Download the right tools11:41
Learn to download and install tools for the lab, including Visual Studio 2019 Community, optional PowerShell integration, NC server and viewer, and the System Center Configuration Manager agent.
VNC Server & Viewer11:08

What will you learn in this Section - The 4 STEPS4:19
Learn to build a first console application in Visual Studio 2019 using C# and PowerShell, integrate PowerShell commands, create reusable libraries, and deploy secure, updateable tools for an enterprise network.
Add & install .Net desktop development to Visual Studio 20191:37
Fix reference library8:09
Fix the reference library to call PowerShell from a C sharp console app by manually adding system.management.automation in Visual Studio 2019 targeting the .NET framework.
Write your 1st program - Add Script7:01
Write your 1st program - Add Command4:17
Add-Script versus Add-Command1:18

Contents of this section0:30
Explore the user interface with Windows Presentation Foundation in Visual Studio, learn the benefits of WPF, and implement UI code using the UI builder in upcoming videos.
Design UI4:56
Deploy Xamarin code in PowerShell script file9:24
Discover how to embed a user interface in a PowerShell script using the WPF framework, define a XAML block, and display a window while addressing common runtime errors.

Introduction1:04
Convert paper designs into a Visual Studio designer workflow, generate code, and add it to the script file to build a nice looking user interface.
Basic UI Design5:58
Design your app's user interface by planning layout, color, and controls in Visual Studio, balancing margins, alignment, and fixed sizing to support underlying code and usability.
Design items: Label, Text box, Button5:23
Design items: Control tab7:34
Design items: Dock and Menu5:24
Add code name to design items5:25
Create application functions list5:29
Identify and map each button to a function with script blocks. Define 17 functions for user and computer controls, including default searches and Active Directory external tools, via PowerShell.
Final touch to XML UI code5:49

Module steps2:49
Data flow and code structure7:10
XML code and script code in one application8:21
XPath expression7:45
Menu triggers5:54
Explore creating menu triggers in PowerShell to launch tools like the snipping tool and perform Active Directory searches for users and computers, using start-process and function calls.
System message box6:17
Conditions4:14
User interface script code10:39
User script last build7:26
Computer interface script code3:53
Application final test7:37
Perform a final test of remote administration on Victoria, accessing device details, pinging, managing services, and using PowerShell scripts to administer Users and Computers.

Requirements

Highly recommend to study the 1st PowerShell course in this series, Course 6: Automate Admin PowerShell 6.2 Windows Server 2019
Basic understanding of networking, servers, domain controllers .. etc

Description

In this course we’ll integrate the VS 2019 C# and Xamarin XML UI code with PowerShell scripts to deploy PS apps and GUI PowerShell scripts. Hence you will create your own network tools which are more user friendly, you can deploy any number of PS scripts in future as per need and most important of all , AUTOMATE STUFF..

In this course we will study the following topics:

1- How to write a C# program running PowerShell scripts.

2- How to use WPF to generate Xamarin XML code to use it in PS script file to create GUI PS script.

3- How to simulate a real IT industry request to create a friendly GUI PS script to be used by junior admins and help-desks to manage users and computers in network environment.

4- XPath expression.

5- Data flow.

6- Application production phases "Specification, Interface design, code and script, design integration with code".

7- Create events and triggers.

8- Error handling.

9- Code test.

By end of this course you will have confidence to deploy more GUI PowerShell scripts and will be able to write complex code with deep knowledge of how to integrate GUI code with PS scripts, Advance functions, error handling and data flow in a single application that we will create together from scratch.

Who this course is for:

Admins who want to learn and build their own script code
Admins who want to upgrade their skills by learning development
Developers who want to develop their own network tools for administration and automation
Developers who want to learn PowerShell to build network tools
Students who attend the first PowerShell course in this series and want to improve their skills.

Course 7: Xamarin C# & PowerShell to Automate Network tool

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Course content

Introduction6 lectures • 43min

C # console and PowerShell6 lectures • 27min

WPF & Xamarin XAML3 lectures • 15min

Main project approach4 lectures • 20min

Application design8 lectures • 42min

Application Scripts11 lectures • 1hr 12min

End of the course1 lecture • 2min

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