Scripting Expert: Python & PowerShell
“The ultimate automation duo. Master Python for cross-platform efficiency and PowerShell for deep Windows & Azure integration. Learn to automate everything from Active Directory and Cloud resources to complex data processing pipelines using AI-enhanced coding techniques.”
- Focus: Windows, Azure & Cross-Platform Automation
- Duration: 6 Weeks (30 Days Mastery)
- Tech: Python 3.x + PowerShell Core 7
- Skill: Secure Scripting & Identity Management
- Day 1: Introduction to PowerShell Pipeline & Object-Oriented CLI.
- Day 2: Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables in PowerShell.
- Day 3: Control Flow: If/Else, Switch, and Advanced Loops.
- Day 4: Working with Cmdlets & Modules: The
Get-HelpMastery. - Day 5: Custom Functions & Script Parameters.
- Day 6: Managing Windows Services & Registry via Scripts.
- Day 7: Active Directory Automation (Users, Groups, & OU).
- Day 8: Remoting: Managing Multiple Servers with
Invoke-Command. - Day 9: Parsing XML and JSON data with PowerShell.
- Day 10: Project 1: Creating an automated System Health Report generator.
- Day 11: Python Setup for Windows & Linux.
- Day 12: Data Handling: Advanced List Comprehension & Dictionaries.
- Day 13: Python
OSandSubprocessmodules for OS interaction. - Day 14: Error Handling & Logging: Building robust “fail-safe” scripts.
- Day 15: Comparison: When to use PowerShell vs. Python.
- Day 16: Azure PowerShell Module (Az): Automating VMs & Storage.
- Day 17: Python for Cloud: Introduction to Microsoft Graph API.
- Day 18: Automating Microsoft 365 (Users & Exchange) via Scripts.
- Day 19: Building Hybrid Scripts: Calling Python from PowerShell & vice versa.
- Day 20: Project 2: Automated Onboarding System (Cloud + On-prem).
- Day 21: AI Prompt Engineering for PowerShell & Python Scripts.
- Day 22: Script Security: Execution Policies & Signed Scripts.
- Day 23: Handling Credentials Safely: Secret Management & Key Vaults.
- Day 24: Regular Expressions (Regex) in Python vs. PowerShell.
- Day 25: Testing Scripts: Pester (PowerShell) & PyTest (Python) basics.
- Day 26: Version Control (Git) for IT Administrators.
- Day 27: Creating Professional CLI Tools with Help Documentation.
- Day 28: Automating Software Installation & Updates.
- Day 29: Final Project: Building an AI-Integrated Server Maintenance Suite.
- Day 30: Final Assessment & Dual-Scripting Certification.
