PowerShell Fundamentals
Duration: 5 days
This 5-day course offers a comprehensive and progressive introduction to PowerShell. Aimed at IT professionals and system administrators, it builds a solid scripting foundation through practical, real-world scenarios. Participants will move from basic syntax to automation best practices, gaining the skills and confidence to write reliable, maintainable scripts that simplify daily operations and lay the groundwork for advanced tooling and infrastructure automation.
The extended format allows time to deepen understanding, explore real system interactions, and adopt scripting habits aligned with professional automation standards. The course culminates in a final project, enabling participants to consolidate their skills on a practical use case.
Objectives
- Master the basics of PowerShell scripting
- Automate routine administrative tasks
- Build a strong foundation for advanced automation
Hands-on
- Practical labs and exercises throughout the course
- Build your own scripts to solve real-life scenarios
Prerequisites
Training programme
Day 1: PowerShell Foundations
- Discover the PowerShell environment (CLI, VS Code, help system)
- Understand cmdlets, pipelines, and the object model
- Use variables, expressions, and basic data types
- Practice command discovery and syntax exploration
Day 2: Scripting Core Concepts
- Write and structure scripts with functions and parameters
- Control logic with conditionals and loops
- Handle errors with try/catch and exit strategies
Day 3: System Interaction and Data Handling
- Manipulate files, folders, services, and scheduled tasks
- Work with objects: filtering, formatting, and grouping
- Import and export data with CSV, JSON, YAML and XML
- Use custom objects and hash tables for structured data
Day 4: Automation and Reusability
- Automate tasks using remoting and background jobs
- Use and create PowerShell modules
- Handle credentials and secure input/output
- Log activity and design maintainable automation scripts
Day 5: Best practices and Final Project
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Review naming conventions and modular script design
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Introduce source control and versioning principles
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Complete and present an automation project
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Explore next steps: PowerShell Universal, DSC, DevOps pipelines
Day 4: Automation and Reusability
- Automate tasks using remoting and background jobs
- Use and create PowerShell modules
- Handle credentials and secure input/output
- Log activity and design maintainable automation scripts
Day 5: Best practices and Final Project
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Review naming conventions and modular script design
-
Introduce source control and versioning principles
-
Complete and present an automation project
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Explore next steps: PowerShell Universal, DSC, DevOps pipelines
Methods
- Content: Theoretical and practical courses, either face-to-face or in a distance learning classroom.
- Methodology: Active teaching based on presentation, examples, demonstrations, experience sharing and hands-on labs.
- Materials: Provided.
- Format: Face-to-face or distance learning in our virtual training facilities.
Pricing
> Private training <
£10,000 / up to 14 pax / 5 days
Online delivery on our interactive platform
or on site upon request
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