About Course
Free sample course
- Free: create a free account and enrol to start
- About 60 minutes, six short lessons
- Every command is read-only, so nothing on your computer changes
Enjoyed it? Continue with PowerShell from Zero (CA$149, 12 months of access).
Free sample course. If you have never used PowerShell, start here. In about an hour you will open PowerShell safely, learn five commands that help you find your way around any Windows system, and finish with a small hands-on challenge.
What you will learn
- How to open PowerShell and check which version you have
- How to get help for any command with
Get-Help - How to find the command you need with
Get-Command - How to see what an object can do with
Get-Member - How to read services and processes with
Get-ServiceandGet-Process
Who it is for
Help desk staff, career changers and anyone starting in IT. You need a Windows 10 or 11 computer. Every command in this course only reads information, so nothing on your computer is changed.
Ready for more? The full PowerShell from Zero course takes you from these basics to writing your own scripts.
Use scripts at your own risk. The PowerShell scripts and commands in this course are provided for educational purposes only, “as is” and without warranty of any kind. Always review and test them in a non-production environment before use. You are solely responsible for any script or command you run in a production environment and for any resulting data loss, service interruption or other damage. Okowil Solutions Inc. accepts no liability for the use of this material. Read the full terms.
Course Content
Your first five commands
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Welcome: open PowerShell safely
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Command 1: Get-Help
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Command 2: Get-Command
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Command 3: Get-Member
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Commands 4 and 5: Get-Service and Get-Process
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Hands-on challenge and next steps