• Write tools, including scripting, parameterizing commands, and providing verbose output
• Debug tools and provide error handling within tools
• Combine tools into script and manifest modules
• Create custom formatting views
• Create tools that are consistent in naming and operation with native Windows PowerShell tools

Administrators that have little or no programming experience but who have a working knowledge of Windows PowerShell and who are able to use Windows PowerShell to run complex, interactive commands. Students of this course may administer a wide variety of server and client products and technologies that offer Windows PowerShell integration, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Windows Active Directory Domain Services, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and more.

• Attendance in the Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell v3.0 (M10961) is strongly recommended as a pre-requisite to this course
• Experience in administering Windows server and client computers
• Experience in running interactive Windows PowerShell commands from the command prompt

Lab 1: Parameterizing a Command

• Identify changeable values
• Declare parameters
• Use parameters in place of changeable values
• Test the script

Lab 2: Creating a Script Module

• Creating a Script Module
• Saving the script module
• Adding a module-level variable
• Controlling module member visibility
• Testing the script module

Lab 3: Handling Errors

• Using the Try.Catch Construct
• Handling Command Errors
• Handling Non-Command Errors
• Logging Errors to a File
• Displaying Warning Messages

Lab 4: Writing Commands that Use Pipeline Input and Output

• Adding Pipeline Input Capability to Parameters
• Working with Pipeline Input
• Creating Custom Output Objects
• Outputting Objects to the Pipeline

Lab 5: Creating Hierarchical Command Output

• Retrieving and Enumerating Data
• Creating Child Objects
• Creating the Parent Object
• Displaying and Object Hierarchy
• Persisting an Object Hierarchy

Lab 6: Debugging Scripts

• Using Write-Debug
• Using PSBreakpoints

Lab 7 : Customizing Default Formatting

• Adding a Custom Type Name to an Object
• Creating a DefaultDisplayPropertySet Type Extension
• Creating a Custom View
• Adding Type Extensions and Views to Modules and Creating a Module Manifest

Lab 8: Adding Advanced Parameter Attributes and Command Documentation

• Defining Aliases and Help Messages
• Defining Parameter Validation
• Adding Comment-Based Help
• Writing a Command that Uses -Confirm and -WhatIf

Lab 9: Creating Controller Scripts

• Creating a Controller Script
• Parameterizing a Controller Script
• Testing a Controller Script
• Debugging a Controller Script

Lab 10: Creating Reports by using HTML

• Creating Reports by using HTML
• Converting Objects into HTML Fragments
• Combining HTML Fragments
• Adding Basic Formatting
• Creating Enhanced HTML Fragments
• Applying Conditional Formatting

Lab 11: Creating Basic Workflows

• Importing the PSWorkflow Module
• Converting a Function to a Basic Workflow
• Parallelizing Commands

Lab 12: Working with XML Data

• Loading XML
• Manipulating XML as an Object Hierarchy
• Selecting XML Elements by using XPath
• Modifying XML
• Saving XML

Lab 13 : Creating Proxy Functions

• Generating a Proxy Function Template
• Modifying the Template
• Using the Proxy Function
• Bypassing a Proxy Function

Lab 14: Building Tools in Windows PowerShell

• Designing the Tool
• Implementing the Tool
• Testing the Tool