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PowerShell for Sysadmins. Turn everyday administration into dependable tools, from your first capacity report to a tested fleet assessment.

16 lessons + a capstone About 4½ hours In-browser labs

Recommended preparation: PowerShell: The Basics, or confidence with objects, pipelines, functions, files, and Pester. Every lesson is open to explore.

A little further, every lesson.

4 modules · 16 lessons · 1 capstone
01

Inventory and configuration reporting

Turn exports into typed inventories, capacity checks, ownership reports, and drift findings.

4 lessons
01Build a useful server inventory12 min 02Find capacity risks without rounding them away12 min 03Join inventory with ownership records12 min 04Report configuration drift12 min
02

Files, accounts, and services

Plan retention, verify copied backups, and review accounts and desired service states.

4 lessons
05Plan log retention before removing files12 min 06Copy and verify a configuration backup15 min 07Review an account lifecycle snapshot12 min 08Plan service corrections from an export12 min
03

Reliable administration tools

Validate inputs, preview changes, make updates repeatable, and handle partial failures.

4 lessons
09Build a parameterised capacity check15 min 10Preview a configuration change with WhatIf15 min 11Make a configuration update repeatable15 min 12Keep partial failures visible12 min
04

Testing and scheduled automation

Package reusable tools, test change guarantees, plan job runs, and report operations clearly.

4 lessons
13Package a local administration module12 min 14Test the guarantees of a change tool20 min 15Decide which jobs are due12 min 16Write an honest daily operations report12 min
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Build a fleet assessment tool

Your capstone project · about 45 minutes

Open the capstone