AZ-040T00: Automating Administration with PowerShell Course Overview

This Automating Administration with PowerShell certification course from CloudThat provides candidates with the fundamental knowledge and skills on how to use Windows PowerShell for administering and automating the administration of Windows servers. Candidates taking up this AZ-040T00-A course acquire skills to identify and build the command required to perform a specific task.

In addition, candidates also learn to build scripts to perform advanced tasks such as generating reports and automating repetitive tasks. This course provides candidates with prerequisite skills that are essential to using a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Client, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft System Center.

After completing the AZ-040T00 PowerShell Training Course, students will be able to

  • Describe the functionality of Windows PowerShell and use it to run and find basic commands.
  • Identify and run cmdlets for local system administration.
  • Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline.
  • Use PSProviders and PSDrives to work with other forms of storage.
  • Query system information by using WMI and CIM.
  • Work with variables, arrays, and hash tables.
  • Write basic scripts in Windows PowerShell.
  • Administer remote computers with Windows PowerShell.
  • Manage Azure resources with PowerShell.
  • Manage Microsoft 365 services with PowerShell.
  • Use background jobs and scheduled jobs.

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Key Features of AZ-040T00 PowerShell Training

  • Our AZ-040T00 training modules have 50% – 60% hands-on lab sessions to encourage Thinking-Based Learning (TBL).

  • Interactive-rich virtual and face-to-face classroom teaching to inculcate Problem-Based Learning (PBL).

  • Microsoft certified instructor-led training and mentoring sessions to develop Competency-Based Learning (CBL).

  • Well-structured use-cases to simulate challenges encountered in a Real-World environment.

  • Integrated teaching assistance and support through experts designed Learning Management System (LMS) and ExamReady platform.

  • Being a Microsoft Learning Partner provides us with the edge over competition.

Who should attend this AZ-040T00 Exam?

  • This AZ-040T00 certification course is intended for IT Professionals who are already experienced in general Windows Server and Windows client administration, and who want to learn more about using Windows PowerShell for administration. No prior experience with any version of Windows PowerShell or any scripting language is assumed. This course is also suitable for IT Professionals already experienced in server administration, including Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, and System Center.

Prerequisites for the AZ-040T00 Certification:

  • This course is designed for IT individuals who are already working in the Windows Server, Windows Client, Azure and M365 ecosystem and are eager to learn how Powershell can be used to increase the productivity of the daily tasks. 
  • This course begins with the basics of Powershell and its scripting. 

AZ-040T00 Certification Training Course Outline Download Course Outline

This module will introduce you to Windows PowerShell and provide an overview of the product’s functionality. The module explains how to open and configure Windows PowerShell. It also explains how to run commands and use the built-in Help system in Windows PowerShell.

Lessons

  • Review Windows PowerShell
  • Understand the command syntax in Windows PowerShell
  • Find commands and get help in Windows PowerShell

Hands-On Lab

  • Configuring Windows PowerShell, and finding and running commands

This module introduces you to the different types of cmdlets commonly used for system administration. While you can search for cmdlets each time you need to accomplish a task, it is more efficient to have at least a basic understanding of these cmdlets. This module also explains how to install and start using Windows PowerShell in Windows 10.

Lessons

  • 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

Hands-On Lab

  • Performing local system administration with PowerShell

This module introduces the pipeline feature of Windows PowerShell. The pipeline feature is included in several command-line shells such as the command prompt in the Windows operating system. However, the pipeline feature in Windows PowerShell provides more complex, flexible, and capable functionalities compared to other shells. This module provides you with the skills and knowledge that will help you use Windows PowerShell more effectively and efficiently.

Lessons

  • 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 pipeline data as output
  • Pass pipeline objects

Hands-On Lab

  • Using PowerShell pipeline

This module introduces the PSProviders and PSDrives adapters. A PSProvider is basically a Windows PowerShell adapter that makes some form of storage resemble a disk drive. A PSDrive is an actual connection to a form of storage. You can use these two adapters to work with various forms of storage by using the same commands and techniques that you use to manage the file system.

Lessons

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

Hands-On Lab

  • Using PSProviders and PSDrives with PowerShell

This module introduces you to two parallel technologies: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Common Information Model (CIM). Both these technologies provide local and remote access to a repository of management information including access to robust information available from the operating system, computer hardware, and installed software.

Lessons

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

Hands-On Lab

  • Querying information by using WMI and CIM

This module provides you the skills and knowledge required to use variables, arrays, and hash tables in Windows PowerShell.

Lessons

  • Use variables in Window PowerShell scripts
  • Manipulate variables in Window PowerShell scripts
  • Manipulate arrays and hash tables in Window PowerShell scripts

Hands-On Lab

  • Using variables, arrays, and hash tables in PowerShell

This module explains how to package a Windows PowerShell command in a script. Scripts allow you to perform repetitive tasks and more complex tasks than cannot be accomplished in a single command.

Lessons

  • 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

Hands-On Lab

  • Using scripts with PowerShell

This module introduces you to the Windows PowerShell remoting technology that enables you to connect to one or more remote computers and instruct them to run commands on your behalf.

Lessons

  • 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

Hands-On Lab

  • Performing remote administration with PowerShell

This module provides information about Azure PowerShell. It also introduces Azure Cloud Shell. It explains how to manage Azure VMs with PowerShell. The module also describes how you can manage storage and Azure subscriptions with Azure PowerShell.

Lessons

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

Hands-On Lab

  • Azure resource management with PowerShell

This module describes how to use PowerShell to manage Microsoft 365 user accounts, licenses, and groups, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Teams.

Lessons

  • 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

Hands-On Lab

  • Managing Microsoft 365 with PowerShell

This module describes how to use background jobs and scheduled jobs. It also explains how to create schedules jobs and retrieve job results.

Lessons

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

Hands-On Lab

  • Jobs management with PowerShell
  • By earning AZ-040T00 certification, you can become Microsoft Windows PowerShell Administrators
  • Demonstrate skills of Windows PowerShell administration.
  • On successful completion of AZ-040T00: Automating Administration with PowerShell training, aspirants receive a Course Completion Certificate from us
  • By successfully clearing the AZ-040T00 exam, aspirants earn Microsoft Certification.

Certification details of AZ-040T00 Training Course

    • By earning AZ-040T00 certification, you can become Microsoft Windows PowerShell Administrators.
    • Demonstrate skills of Windows PowerShell administration.
    • On successful completion of AZ-040T00: Automating Administration with PowerShell training, aspirants receive a Course Completion Certificate from us.
    • By successfully clearing the AZ-040T00 exam, aspirants earn Microsoft Certification.

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FAQs: AZ-040T00 PowerShell Training Course

The AZ-040T00 course helps you develop practical skills in Windows PowerShell, PowerShell scripting, automation, remote administration, Azure PowerShell, and Microsoft 365 administration.

AZ-040T00 PowerShell Training helps IT professionals build automation skills required for Windows Server, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365 administration, making everyday management tasks faster and more efficient.

The AZ-040T00 course teaches automation techniques that reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and simplify administration across Windows Server, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365 environments.

After completing AZ-040T00, you can automate server administration, manage Azure resources, administer Microsoft 365 services, create PowerShell scripts, generate reports, and simplify repetitive IT tasks.

The AZ-040T00 course covers Windows PowerShell, PowerShell ISE, Azure PowerShell, PowerShell remoting, scripting, pipelines, background jobs, and Microsoft 365 PowerShell modules.

The AZ-040T00 course enables organizations to automate repetitive administrative tasks, improve operational efficiency, standardize system management, and reduce manual configuration errors using PowerShell.

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