Automate Administration with PowerShell (AZ-040)

Module 1: Get started with Windows PowerShell

• Review Windows PowerShell
• Understand the command syntax in Windows PowerShell
• Find commands and Get-Help in Windows PowerShell

Module 2: Maintain system administration tasks in Windows PowerShell

• Manage Active Directory Domain Services using PowerShell cmdlets
• Manage network service settings for Windows devices using PowerShell cmdlets
• Manage Windows Server settings using PowerShell cmdlets
• Manage settings for a local Windows machine using PowerShell cmdlets

Module 3: Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline

• Understand the Windows PowerShell pipeline
• Select, sort, and measure objects using the pipeline
• Filter objects out of the pipeline
• Enumerate objects in the pipeline
• Send and pass data as output from the pipeline
• Pass pipeline objects

Module 4: Work with PowerShell providers and PowerShell drives in Windows PowerShell

• Connect with data stores using PowerShell providers
• Use PowerShell drives in PowerShell

Module 5: Query management information by using Common Information Model and Windows Management Instrumentation

• Review CIM and WMI
• Query configuration information by using CIM and WMI
• Query and manipulate repository objects by using CIM and WMI methods

Module 6: Use variables, arrays, and hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts

• Manage variables in Windows PowerShell scripts
• Work with arrays and hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts

Module 7: Create and modify scripts by using Windows PowerShell

• Create and run scripts by using Windows PowerShell
• Work with scripting constructs in Windows PowerShell
• Import data in different formats for use in scripts by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
• Use methods to accept user inputs in Windows PowerShell scripts
• Troubleshoot scripts and handle errors in Windows PowerShell
• Use functions and modules in Windows PowerShell scripts

Module 8: Administer remote computers by using Windows PowerShell

• Manage single and multiple computers by using Windows PowerShell remoting
• Use advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques
• Manage persistent connections to remote computers by using Windows PowerShell sessions

Module 9: Manage cloud resources by using Windows PowerShell

• Review Azure PowerShell module
• Review the features and tools for Azure Cloud Shell
• Manage Azure resources with Windows PowerShell

Module 10: Manage Microsoft 365 services by using Windows PowerShell

• Manage users, groups, and licenses in Microsoft Entra ID by using Windows PowerShell
• Manage Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell
• Manage SharePoint Online by using Windows PowerShell
• Manage Microsoft Teams by using Windows PowerShell

Module 11: Create and manage background jobs and scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell

• Create and manage background jobs using Windows PowerShell
• Create and manage scheduled jobs using Windows PowerShell