Appendix. Review labs

 

This appendix provides three review labs, which you can work on after completing the designated chapters and labs from this book. These reviews are a great way to take a break in your learning process and to reinforce some of the most important things you’ve learned to that point. As always, you’ll find example answers on MoreLunches.com. Just find this book’s cover image, click on it, and then go to the Downloads section to download the lab sample solutions file.

Because the instructions for some of these lab tasks are more complex, we’ve broken them down into discrete task sections. We’ve also provided you with a list of hints at the start of each lab, to remind you about specific commands, help files, and syntax that you may need to complete the lab.

Review lab 1: chapters 1–6

Note

To complete this lab, you will need any computer running PowerShell v3. You should complete the labs in chapters 1 through 6 of this book prior to attempting this review lab.

Hints

  • Sort-Object
  • Select-Object
  • Import-Module
  • Export-CSV
  • Help
  • Get-ChildItem (Dir)

Task 1

Run a command that will display the newest 100 entries from the Application event log. Do not use Get-WinEvent.

Task 2

Write a command line that displays only the five top processes based on virtual memory (VM) usage.

Task 3

Create a CSV file that contains all services, including only the service names and statuses. Have running services listed before stopped services.

Task 4

Review lab 2: chapters 1–14

Review lab 3: chapters 1–19