#powershell #powershellscripting #powershelltraining Check out my Udemy course - PowerShell for Systems Engineers - exclusively on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/powershell-for-systems-engineers/ Check out my new book - PowerShell for Systems Engineers - exclusively on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/PowerShell-Systems-Engineers-Leveraging-Automation/dp/B0C1295PWQ/ Table of Contents/Chapters: 0:10 - Introduction 0:32 - Introduction to James Tyler 1:20 - What is PowerShell? 1:41 - How to open PowerShell 1:55 - Adjust the font size of PowerShell 2:13 - Check the version of PowerShell 2:45 - Comparing PowerShell with Command Prompt (CMD) 4:04 - Tips on using the shell itself (up arrow, tab completion) 4:50 - Getting & Setting Execution Policy (so you can actually run scripts!) 6:46 - Open PowerShell ISE 7:46 - Adjust Zoom in PowerShell ISE 8:14 - Write First PowerShell Script 9:06 - Run Your First PowerShell Script 9:22 - Note about PowerShell file extension 9:40 - PowerShell Coding Comments 11:14 - What are Cmdlets? 12:50 - Cmdlet Parameters 14:20 - Clearing the shell 14:29 - Use Get-Command to find Cmdlets 16:08 - PowerShell Modules 16:22 - Get-Help (similar to man in Unix systems) 18:50 - Pipeline (piping - or combining - commands) 20:48 - Variables 21:45 - Pipe a variable 22:29 - PowerShell Variable/Data Types 24:17 - Arithmetic with variables 25:09 - Objects - Chris Thomas shoutout 26:24 - Object properties 26:47 - Get all properties of an object with Select-Object 27:32 - Use Get-Member to get all of the different possible methods of an object 29:18 - Arrays 33:52 - Hashtables 39:42 - Collecting user input with Read-Host 43:44 - If... then... else conditionals 52:47 - Switch Statements 56:24 - For Loops 1:02:58 - Foreach Loops 1:04:07 - While Loops 1:09:08 - Do While Loops 1:10:25 - Defining Custom Functions 1:14:14 - Defining Custom Advanced Functions 1:17:01 - Error Handling 1:22:40 - Create a file with New-Item 1:24:05 - Create a folder with New-Item 1:24:43 - Copy file with Copy-Item 1:25:55 - Move file with Move-Item 1:26:44 - Delete file with Remove-Item 1:27:35 - Confirm if a file is there with Test-Path 1:28:35 - Rename something with Rename-Item 1:29:29 - Active Directory 1:30:20 - Load AD Cmdlets with Import-Module ActiveDirectory 1:30:41 - Get user information with Get-ADUser 1:33:46 - Change user information with Set-ADUser 1:35:30 - Add a user to a group with Add-ADGroupNumber 1:36:55 - Remove a user from a group with Remove-ADGroupMember 1:37:27 - Turn on advanced features in Active Directory Users & Computers 1:38:26 - Add a new user with New-ADUser 1:43:24 - Reset a password of a user 1:46:50 - Wrap up & conclusion Coding Projects: https://github.com/jimrtyler Newsletter: https://jimtyler.substack.com/ Socials: Twitter: http://twitter.com/JimRTyler Facebook: https://facebook.com/CoachJimTyler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachjimtyler/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coachjimtyler