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NET 352 - System Administration with PowerShell


Course Department: Business
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2022

2 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 15
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
Students will learn to develop and use Advance PowerShell commands and scripts in the Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) to administer Windows while using PowerShell commands.  These technologies will provide access to, and control over, most aspects of the Windows operating system. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the technology and how to apply those concepts in a lab setting, which is a skill that should be beneficial in any/all types of technology careers. This course will also help students gain hands on technology literacy which will be of vital significance when making important work-related decisions.

Prerequisites: NET 110 - Microcomputer Fundamentals , NET 138 - Introduction to Networks , NET 230 - Routing and Switching , NET 313 - Windows Server NET 349 - Introduction to PowerShell , NET 790 - PC Support I , NET 791 - PC Support II   
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online

Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.

Course Fees: Face-to-Face: None; Online: 8-week online students will have a per credit hour e-book fee automatically charged to their account.

Common Course Assessment(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes:

a.  Identify PowerShell command/scripting concepts and terminology and be able to apply them to further the server administration process.
b.  Understand the design concepts of building a script with a modular framework that can be easily modified for additional functionality.
c.  Understand basic regex scripting concepts and terminology and be able to apply them to a script.

Objectives: 

a.  Establish a connection to AD using PowerShell
b.  Create Active Directory objects including: Users, Groups and OUs
c.  Set/Modify properties of Active Directory objects
d.  Use PowerShell to perform Exchange administration tasks

    Chapter 13        Chapter 17        Chapter 21
    Chapter 14        Chapter 18        Chapter 22
    Chapter 15        Chapter 19
    Chapter 16        Chapter 20



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