DS578 - Basic PowerShell Scripting: Level 1

Course Description

Learn the basics of PowerShell scripting to include working with variables and data types, how to run a PowerShell script or function and the importance of setting the correct execution policy. Understand the use of Cmdlets and the concept of objects, members, and properties. Discover the syntax and how to use PowerShell conditional and comparison operators, conditional list statements, arrays, and lists. Other topics include working with string and numeric literals, associative arrays, and here-strings.

By the end of this course, you will be able to: 

• Working in the PowerShell ISE console 

• Working with variables in PowerShell 

• Working with Lists or Arrays in PowerShell 

• Working with Assignment Operators 

• Pipelines (Piping) 

• Introduction to decision making using the PowerShell If statement 

• Using Hash tables with key-value pairs