Basic PowerShell commands for Windows Admin (Udemy.com)
Best course for Beginners and intermediate with quick hands on and ramp up
Created by: Shakil khan
Last updated August 2020
What you will learn
- Students should be able to write and demonstrate basic to fairly advance Power Shell scripts.
How it compares
Against the other 112 rated Udemy courses in Windows Server on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 7% of them
- Reviews1,091#41 of 113 by number of reviews
- Length2.6 hoursshorter than 86% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2020earlier than 61% of them
Course Description
This PowerShell course is specially crafted for beginners and intermediate learners who have little or no prior knowledge of PowerShell. That said, the course also covers several advanced concepts (check the preview) that can serve as a valuable refresher for experienced PowerShell users.
The course guides students from installation through navigating the help system to mastering essential commands of Windows PowerShell.
Each command and step is explained in detail, ensuring a smooth learning path that empowers students to become independent explorers in the field of PowerShell throughout their careers.
Since PowerShell is a vast field, I've focused on breaking down key concepts in depth, including:
A) Different types of commands, scripts, and cmdlets that can be run from PowerShell.
B) Object handling and piping — including Where-Object, ForEach-Object, and more.
C) Object sorting, manipulation, and formatting — using Sort-Object, Format-List, Format-Table, and others.
D) Navigating the help system for unfamiliar commands using Get-Help with keywords — for example, exploring Get-EventLog. E) Understanding virtual drive letters for environment variables and regular partitions using Get-PSDrive.
F) Managing execution policies with Set-ExecutionPolicy and Get-ExecutionPolicy.
G) String handling — including operations such as measuring string length and extracting unique strings from an array.
H) Different types of modules, functions, and aliases that can be managed and utilized within PowerShell.
Instructor Details
- 4.1 Rating
1,091 Reviews
Shakil khan
Over 15 years of total experience in software development, focusing on C/C++/Linux/Symbian C++, different flavors of UNIX (SCO, HP-UX, SunOS, AIX and RedHat Linux). Knowledge of LINUX Internals/ System programming/Inter Process Communication and Shell Scripting.
Worked on Symbian OS features like TLS/descriptors/ threads/ semaphore/IPC/ Active Objects/ Dynamics Arrays/Cleanup Stack/Client –server/Binary Compatibility.
Experience in all stages of development of large project using C/C++/ Clearcase/Subversion/GIT on Linux and LynxOS platform.
Worked on Linux Device driver and System programming.
Worked on HP bootloader, Board Support Package and grub.
Knowledge of Virtual File system, ext3, I/O Scheduler.
Good knowledge of Socket, TCP/IP and routing protocol like BGP, RIP.
Good knowledge of porting and cross-compilation. Ported FreeBSD-libc to Symbian Platform.
Worked on Linux Device Driver(Parallel port Control panel, USB mass storage driver), System programming, ELF32,DWARF, binary optimization.
Worked on GNU Tools chain like Cross-Compiler, Makefile, Auto Conf.
Worked on drivers for SPI, UART, I2C, GPIO Bus as part of board bringup.
Good Knowledge of Multithreading, Semaphore, Message queue, Shared memory and other IPC mechanism.
Bring up of Board and enhanced product for power star energy consumption by implementing various sleeping mode in Devices like scanner, Fax, Hard drive etc.
Knowledge of GNU tool
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Reviews
By Samuel Bélanger on 8/7/2021
Bien pour apprendre la base. Bien divisé pour se retrouver si on veut revenir sur un sujet. Straight to the point. Serait bien d'avoir une exemple complète d'une mise en situation réelle où un script est appliqué avec les notions apprises. Il n'y a aucun exemple pour lancer des fichiers de scripts. C'est simple, mais ça fait justement partie de la base.
By Michelle Underwood on 1/27/2021
It is a good introduction to the structure of commands and how to find help with syntax, etc. when you need to use one. Also covers the most used commands and types of commands so you can explore on your own and find what you need.
By Maurice Wilcox on 11/15/2020
sound quality is very low
By Aiman Qais on 10/27/2020
The instructor is experienced and his lectures sessions for this course were very informative
By Udhaya Kumar on 10/16/2020
Too Fast. Need more ps commands and examples for Beginners.
By James Dibb on 8/8/2020
Yes this was a great course to get me started learn the basics and understand Powershell
By Chamak on 8/5/2020
Excellent
By Kait Pletch on 8/3/2020
There is not much information about why something is done.
By Ravina Parmar on 7/27/2020
He is explaining each step well
By Brajesh Kumar on 7/26/2020
I do not know PowerShell at all, however after course I am so much confident and able to think about solutions for my current challenges in Windows OS, thank you very much, while watching I was also doing practice side by side. it is really helpful !!
By Ioannis Mouskountakis on 7/26/2020
Very good course for somebody with no previous powershell experience. Mr. Khan is a great instructor.
By Paul McDiarmid on 7/25/2020
Very good introduction to powershell, easy to follow and quite informative
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