PowerShell AI: Building AI Applications with PowerShell by Pearson

Course details

Are you ready to take your PowerShell skills to the next level by leveraging the power of artificial intelligence? In this course, learn how to harness the capabilities of AI tools like ChatGPT and Ollama to build innovative applications that automate tasks, provide insights, and drive business value. Start by exploring the fundamentals of AI in PowerShell, including why AI is a game-changer for automation and how to get started with the ChatGPT REST API. From there, dive into advanced topics like prompt engineering, structuring AI responses, and managing multi-turn conversations.

With a focus on practical examples and real-world applications, this course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to unlock the full potential of AI in PowerShell and take your automation capabilities to new heights. Whether you're a seasoned PowerShell user or an IT professional looking to stay ahead of the curve, this course can help you leverage the power of AI and drive business success.

Learning objectives
Integrate PowerShell with Cloud-Based and on-premises AI models.
Maintain the privacy for sensitive data by keeping AI workloads local.
Build a variety of AI related projects, ranging from chatbots to system automation tools.
Maintain a long term, searchable log of AI conversations.

Concepts

Introduction

PowerShell AI - Introduction

Preparing for This Course

Learning objectives
Why use AI with PowerShell
Installing SQL Server
GPU requirements

Accessing OpenAI through PowerShell

Learning objectives
OpenAI's REST API
Prompt engineering
Cost optimization strategies
Managing conversations

OpenAI Use Cases

Learning objectives
Acquiring an API key
Performing data analytics with OpenAI
Using OpenAI to generate reports

Ollama and Local AI Models

Learning objectives
Introduction to Ollama
Understanding Ollama models
Setting up Ollama
Ollama commands that you need to know
Building a basic GUI
Working with prompts and responses
Creating your own Ollama model
Custom model parameters

Using AI for System Performance Monitoring

Learning objectives
Building the basic GUI
Populating the dashboard
Compiling a performance history
Summarizing the performance data
Constructing the AI prompt

Using Ollama for Data Analytics

Learning objectives
Creating random sales data
Using JSON rules to influence data creation
Configuring AI to write JSON rules
Dynamic AI prompt generation for data analysis
Analyzing data with AI

Building a PowerShell Automation Tool

Learning objectives
Building the GUI
Adding an Invoke-Ollama function
Creating AI guardrails
Building an investigate command feature

Using Ollama as a Document Reference Tool

Learning objectives
An overview of the project
Creating a collection of documents
Creating the SQL Server database
Ingesting documents into the database
Performing a conventional document search
Designing an AI prompt
Performing an AI-assisted document query

Text-to-Speech and Text-to-Image Generation

Learning objectives
Setting up a text-to-speech server
Building a text-to-speech script
How text-to-image generation works
Important terms to know
An introduction to Hugging Face
Preparing the server
Building a test script
Building a text-to-image tool

Capstone Project - A Full Ollama Chatbot

Learning objectives
An overview of the project
Preparing the database
Creating the tab structure
Creating the main menu
Building the Conversation tab GUI
Building the History tab GUI
Adding support for fonts and formatting
Find and Replace
Saving a document
Integrating Ollama support
Enabling multi-model support
Handling multi-turn conversations
Clearing the current conversation
Storing chat history in the database
Viewing a history item
Deleting a history item
Clearing conversation history
Backing up the database
Building a chat history search engine

Summary

PowerShell AI - Summary