55318B Advanced Automated Administration with Windows PowerShell

This three-day course teaches experienced IT professionals how to build reliable, reusable, and production-ready automation with modern PowerShell. The course updates the previous Windows PowerShell-focused curriculum for current corporate environments that use PowerShell 7.x, Windows Server 2025, SQL Server 2025, REST APIs, Git-based workflows, structured data, secure automation, and AI-assisted script review.


Students create advanced functions, build script modules, call REST APIs, query SQL Server, write controller scripts, handle errors, work with structured data, debug and test scripts, run automation through modern execution patterns, and package automation for production use.


The primary runtime is PowerShell 7.6 LTS, with compatibility notes for PowerShell 7.4 LTS and Windows PowerShell 5.1 where older enterprise modules or tools require them.

What's included?

  • 9 Modules
  • 9 Reviews
  • 9 Labs

Audience

This course is intended for IT professionals who are experienced in general Windows administration. Students should have a foundational knowledge of Windows PowerShell.

At Course Completion

After completing this instructor-led course, students will be able to:
- Create advanced functions and reusable modules
- Use Microsoft .NET and modern REST APIs (such as Microsoft Graph) in PowerShell
- Authenticate to cloud APIs securely
- Handle script errors and debug efficiently using Visual Studio Code
- Read, manipulate, and write structured and formatted data
- Generate Markdown documentation and reports
- Manage environments using Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Just Enough Administration (JEA)
- Transition from Windows PowerShell to PowerShell 7 cross-platform features
- Implement source control for scripting using Git and GitHub
- Utilize AI tools to assist with script analysis, debugging, documentation, and troubleshooting

Course Lessons

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