PowerShell: Functions for Advanced Automation

1h 44mAdvanced2018-10-05

Authors

Scott M Burrell

Teacher specializing in HR, marketing, and small business management

Course details

Take your PowerShell skills to the next level. Learn how to automate complex Windows administration tasks and free up more time for troubleshooting and innovation. This course, part of the PowerShell learning path, covers functions for advanced automation. Instructor Scott Burrell shows how to expand the scope and usefulness of your commands with parameters and process input from the PowerShell pipeline. He also explains how to invoke .NET classes and REST APIs and use controller scripts to build user-friendly interfaces and HTML reports. Plus, learn how to read and format data such as XML and JSON using PowerShell scripts.

Learning objectives
Advanced functions with parameters
Processing pipeline input and output
Using .NET in PowerShell
Using REST APIs in PowerShell
Creating interfaces and HTML files with controller scripts
Reading XML, JSON, and custom data

Skills covered

ServerPowerShellIT AutomationDevOps FoundationsDevOpsLearningNetwork and System AdministrationMicrosoft

Concepts

Introduction

Advance your PowerShell functions
What you should know

Advanced Functions in PowerShell

Advanced functions and common parameters
Parameter attributes and validation
Accept pipeline input
Complex pipeline output
Document functions
Use -WhatIf and -Confirm

Adding Functionality with .NET Framework and REST

How .NET works with PowerShell
Use .NET in Windows PowerShell
Work with classes
Use REST API in Windows PowerShell

Controller Scripts

Characteristics of a controller script
Controller scripts with a user interface
Controller scripts with HTML reports

XML, JSON, and Custom-Formatted Data

Read data from XML files
Create and manipulate XML data
Work with complex XML files
Use JSON-formatted data
Use JSON data in Windows PowerShell

Conclusion

Next steps