Microsoft PowerShell Training Bootcamp: AZ-040 in 5 Days

Microsoft PowerShell Bootcamp (AZ-040) Overview

This PowerShell training bootcamp delivers Microsoft Official Course AZ-040T00, Automate Administration with PowerShell, over five instructor-led days with Microsoft hands-on labs. You learn how to identify and build the exact command a task requires, then how to turn those commands into scripts that automate repetitive work and generate reports. Because PowerShell is the common administrative language across the Microsoft stack, the skills carry straight into Windows Server, Windows client, Azure and Microsoft 365 administration.

Is There a Microsoft PowerShell Certification?

No. Microsoft does not currently offer a PowerShell certification or a PowerShell exam, so any training provider promising one is describing something that does not exist. AZ-040 is a Microsoft Official Course code, not an exam code. What this camp gives you is the official Microsoft curriculum, delivered by Microsoft Certified Trainers, with the hands-on lab time to actually use it. PowerShell instead shows up as assumed knowledge inside certifications you can earn: the AZ-104 Azure Administrator exam expects PowerShell and Azure CLI experience, and MS-102 expects PowerShell for Microsoft 365 administration. Treat this week as the skills foundation those exams are built on.

Who This PowerShell Course Is For

Microsoft writes AZ-040 for IT professionals who are already comfortable administering Windows Server, Windows client, Azure or Microsoft 365, and who now want to do that work through PowerShell rather than the GUI. It also suits administrators of Exchange Server, SharePoint Server and SQL Server, all of which are managed through the same command syntax. No prior experience with any version of PowerShell or any scripting language is assumed, though Microsoft classifies the course itself as advanced because it moves quickly and expects real administration experience behind it.

What You'll Learn in This PowerShell Training

The week follows the eleven modules of the official AZ-040T00 curriculum:

• Get started with Windows PowerShell: what PowerShell is and where it runs, configuring the console and the Integrated Scripting Environment, and using Visual Studio Code with PowerShell.
• Perform system administration tasks: finding and running the commands for everyday administrative work.
• Work with the PowerShell pipeline: passing objects between commands, filtering, sorting, selecting and exporting results.
• Work with PowerShell providers and drives: navigating the registry, certificates and other stores as if they were file systems.
• Query management information with CIM and WMI: retrieving and acting on system and hardware data.
• Use variables, arrays and hash tables: holding and shaping data inside your commands and scripts.
• Create and modify scripts: turning working commands into reusable, parameterised scripts.
• Administer remote computers: PowerShell remoting, sessions and running commands at scale across many machines.
• Manage cloud resources: administering Azure resources from the command line.
• Manage Microsoft 365 services: driving Microsoft 365 administration through PowerShell.
• Create and manage background and scheduled jobs: running long tasks asynchronously and on a schedule.

PowerShell Course Prerequisites

There is no formal prerequisite and no scripting background required. What you do need is working experience administering Windows Server, Windows client, Azure or Microsoft 365, because the course teaches you to automate that administration rather than teaching the administration itself. If you have never managed a server or a tenant, start there first. If you already run those environments through the graphical tools and find yourself repeating the same work, this is the week that stops it.

Why Choose This PowerShell Camp

Five focused days with an instructor and real lab environments will take you further than months of piecemeal self-study. This camp is taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers as an authorized Microsoft Solutions Partner, using Microsoft Official Courseware and Microsoft hands-on labs.

• 5-day accelerated format: the complete official AZ-040 curriculum in one week.
• Microsoft Official Course AZ-040T00, not third-party material.
• Microsoft hands-on labs, plus 90 days of extended lab access after the camp so you can keep practising.
• Taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers, live online or in person in Sarasota, Florida.
• Skills that transfer across Windows Server, Azure, Microsoft 365, Exchange, SharePoint and SQL Server.
• Classes run as scheduled, with no cancellations, so you can book travel with confidence.