Topics

• Loops
• PowerShell Classes
• Switch statement
• Working with XML Files
• Strings
• Powershell profiles
• Enforcing script prerequisites
• Using the Help System
• Splatting
• Desired State Configuration
• Signing Scripts
• CSV parsing
• Introduction to Pester
• Modules, Scripts and Functions
• PowerShell.exe Command-Line
• Regular Expressions
• WMI and CIM

Examples

• Foreach
• ForEach-Object
• Listing available constructors for a class
• Simple Switch
• Switch Statement with Regex Parameter
• Switch Statement with Wildcard Parameter
• Switch Statement with Exact Parameter
• Switch Statement with CaseSensitive Parameter
• Do
• ForEach() Method
• Creating an XML Document using XmlWriter()
• Creating a basic string
• Format string
• Create an basic profile
• Enforce running the script as admininstrator
• Updating the Help System
• Using Get-Help
• Viewing online version of a help topic
• Viewing Examples
• Viewing the Full Help Page
• Viewing help for a specific parameter
• Splatting parameters
• Signing a script
• Changing the execution policy using Set-ExecutionPolicy
• Bypassing execution policy for a single script
• Get the current execution policy
• Getting the signature from a signed script
• Creating a self-signed code signing certificate for testing
• Switch Statement with Expressions
• Basic usage of Import-Csv
• Import from CSV and cast properties to correct type
• Getting Started with Pester
• Function
• Script
• Module
• Multiline string
• Here-string
• Concatenating strings
• Special characters
• Executing a command
• Executing a script file
• Single match
• Replace
• Replace text with dynamic value using a MatchEvalutor
• Escape special characters
• Multiple matches
• Querying objects
• Classes and namespaces