Description
What is this course about?
Are you just getting started on your journey as an IT professional working with PowerShell? In this hands-on project-based course, join Microsoft MVP Jess Pomfret as she outlines essential PowerShell skills for creating and managing infrastructure in Azure. Discover what PowerShell is and why it’s so important in an IT professional’s toolbelt. Along the way, Jess demonstrates how to test with Pester and generate documentation with ImportExcel to deliver comprehensive infrastructure management solutions. As you progress throughout the course, you’ll get a chance to build your own project and practice your new PowerShell skills.
Instructor
Who teaches this course?
Jess Pomfret is a database platform architect and Microsoft MVP. An expert in the problem-solving aspects of process automation with PowerShell, Jess is a frequent contributor to dbatools and dbachecks, the open-source PowerShell modules that help automate the management and maintenance of SQL Server instances.
Objectives
What will I be able to do by the end of this course?
- Leverage PowerShell to help increase your efficiency.
- Apply PowerShell scripting techniques such as loop and conditionals to improve your scripts.
- Use Azure PowerShell modules to create Azure resources.
- Import and utilize Pester, an open-source testing framework, to ensure your environment is as expected.
- Generate documentation directly from your environment into an Excel workbook directly from PowerShell.
Audience
Who is this course for?
- IT professionals starting their PowerShell learning journey
- Individuals with basic PowerShell knowledge seeking to enhance infrastructure management skills
- Developers and system administrators interested in automating Azure resource management
- Professionals focused on creating robust and reusable PowerShell scripts
- IT professionals aiming to refine their testing approach using PowerShell
Prerequisites
What do I need to know before taking this course?
- Basic understanding of PowerShell
- Familiarity with Azure services and infrastructure concepts
- Experience with script writing and IT environment management