PowerShell Learning Resources

I'm doing some onsite PowerShell training this week and realized that I mention lots of resources but haven't provided a list of them anywhere for easy access. So, this posting is my best summary of Windows PowerShell related learning content from Microsoft. There are also a bunch of my links to my blog articles that I use as examples in class.

General Resources

Microsoft makes a lot of content available online for free. Here is a high level list:

• Microsoft Virtual Academy - Free online courses
  https://mva.microsoft.com/
• Technet Labs Online - Free online labs that include activities. However, the VMs are not restricted and you can use them for any testing you want to do.
  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs
• Microsoft Ignite - The session videos from Microsoft's yearly technical conference.
  https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos
• Channel 9 - Videos from Microsoft development teams and conferences. Search for whatever you're interested in.
  https://channel9.msdn.com/

Windows PowerShell Resources

Here are some resources specifically related to PowerShell:

• Getting Started with Windows PowerShell (MVA)
  https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/getting-started-with-microsoft-powershell-8276
• Using PowerShell for Active Directory (MVA)
  https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/using-powershell-for-active-directory-8397
• What's New in PowerShellv5 (MVA)
  https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/whats-new-in-powershell-v5-16434
• Advanced Tools and scripting with PowerShell 3.0 (videos)
  https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/advpowershell3
• Explore PowerShell unplugged with Jeffrey Snover & Don Jones (Ignite 2016 session)
  https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2016/BRK3142
• Advanced PowerShell Techniques (channel)
  https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/GuruPowerShell
• PowerShell Team (channel)
  https://channel9.msdn.com/events/PowerShell-Team/
• Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows PowerShell Fundamentals (online lab)
  https://vlabs.holsystems.com/vlabs/technet?eng=VLabs&auth=none&src=vlabs&altadd=true&labid=20434&lod=true
• Using Windows PowerShell for Daily Tasks (online lab)
  https://vlabs.holsystems.com/vlabs/technet?eng=VLabs&auth=none&src=vlabs&altadd=true&labid=20345&lod=true

PowerShell Examples

The following are examples of using PowerShell from my blog. They may or may not be useful for your purposes. I use them in class as examples that we review.

• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2017/01/finding-stale-sids-on-gpos.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2016/11/how-you-do-things-matters-powershell.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2016/08/script-to-create-migration-batches.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2016/08/finding-user-or-group-name-from-sid.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2016/07/getting-integer-from-get.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2015/11/list-disabled-user-accounts-with.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2015/11/the-total-data-received-from-remote.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2015/10/getting-status-totals-in-powershell.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2015/10/synchronizing-remote-ip-ranges-across.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2015/07/script-for-exchange-2013-message.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2015/01/script-to-remove-old-iis-logs.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2014/10/kill-and-restart-hung-services-by-using.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2014/10/find-stale-computer-accounts-in-active.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2014/03/find-unused-exchange-mailboxes.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2013/07/finding-error-type-for-use-with-trap.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2013/07/passing-pipeline-objects-bypropertyname.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/11/using-calculated-property-to-display.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/09/filtering-for-null-values-with-get.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/08/monitor-and-start-services-with.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/07/unable-to-filter-get-aduser-based-on.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/07/query-recently-created-mailboxes-or.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/06/sending-email-from-powershell-script.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/05/convert-string-variable-to-secure.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/05/resetting-computer-account-without.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/03/creating-library-of-powershell.html
• http://byronwright.blogspot.ca/2012/03/powershell-error-colors.html
• https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/6e958369-cbaa-4564-8eae-c0feb351ae66