Course 55039A:Windows PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking

This five-day instructor-led course is intended for IT Professionals who have a working knowledge of Windows PowerShell 3.0 techniques and technologies, and who want to build reusable tools by using Windows PowerShell 3.0. Students of this course may administer a wide variety of server and client products and technologies that offer Windows PowerShell integration, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Windows Active Directory Domain Services, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and more. This course focuses on the Windows PowerShell scripting language, and on the concepts and techniques needed to produce reusable, professional tools.

Audience profile

This course is intended for administrators that have little or no programming experience, but who have a working knowledge of Windows PowerShell and who are able to use Windows PowerShell to run complex, interactive commands.

At course completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Design tools, including input requirements, output requirements, and functional requirements.
Write tools, including scripting, parameterizing commands, and providing verbose output.
Debug tools and provide error handling within tools.
Combine tools into script and manifest modules.
Create custom formatting views.
Create tools that are consistent in naming and operation with native Windows PowerShell tools