MS-55039: Windows PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking Course Overview

Target Audience for MS-55039: Windows PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking

The MS-55039 course equips IT professionals with advanced PowerShell scripting and toolmaking skills for efficient task automation.

• System Administrators
• DevOps Engineers
• Network Administrators
• Database Administrators
• IT Professionals seeking to automate Windows-based tasks
• Security Analysts who use scripting for automation
• Support Technicians involved in regular scripting tasks
• Software Developers with a focus on automation and integration
• Technical Professionals looking to streamline deployment processes
• Cloud Infrastructure Engineers working with Windows environments
• Technical Team Leads managing automation strategies
• PowerShell Scripters looking to enhance their scripting capabilities
• IT Automation Specialists

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this MS-55039: Windows PowerShell Scripting and Toolmaking?

Introduction to Learning Outcomes

The MS-55039 course equips learners with the skills to design, script, and develop advanced PowerShell tools and modules, focusing on best practices in scripting and toolmaking.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Understand the principles of tool design, ensuring tools perform specific tasks, are flexible, and have a native feel.
• Master the process of starting with a command, utilizing discovery and experimentation for tool development.
• Learn to build a basic function and script module, incorporating best practices and checking for prerequisites.
• Implement CmdletBinding to add advanced function capabilities and parameterize functions for flexibility and control.
• Emit well-constructed objects as output, adhering to PowerShell’s object-oriented nature.
• Develop skills in verbose, warning, and informational output to create user-friendly scripts.
• Write effective comment-based help to provide guidance and instructions for end-users of the tools.
• Handle errors and exceptions in scripts to ensure reliability and user confidence in tools.
• Apply basic debugging techniques to identify and resolve issues within PowerShell scripts.
• Create robust parameters for scripts, understanding parameter positions, validation, and multiple parameter sets.
• Write full external help files, making use of tools like PlatyPs and providing support for online help.
• Implement unit testing with Pester to ensure code reliability and expected behavior.
• Extend output types and customize objects using the Extensible Type System (ETS) for tailored outputs.
• Analyze scripts for performance and best practices, optimizing tools for efficiency.
• Publish tools to the PowerShell Gallery or private repositories, understanding the use of manifests and distribution best practices.
• Design basic controllers such as automation scripts and menus to manage script execution and user interactions.
• Create proxy functions to modify the behavior of existing commands without altering the original source code.
• Work with XML and JSON data formats for interoperability with other systems and data persistence.
• Interact with SQL Server data, performing queries and operations within PowerShell scripts.
• Complete a final exam that synthesizes all concepts learned into a practical toolmaking exercise.