Windows Server 2016 automation with PowerShell cookbook : automate manual administrative tasks with ease / Thomas Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Windows server.

Windows PowerShell (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England ; Mumbai, [India] : Packt, 2017.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Biography/History:

Lee Thomas: Thomas Lee is a consultant/trainer/writer based in the UK and has been in the IT business since the late 1960s. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, Thomas joined ComShare where he was a systems programmer building the Commander II time-sharing operating system, a forerunner of today's cloud computing paradigm. In the mid-1970s, he moved to ICL to work on the VME/K operating system. After a sabbatical in 1980/81, he joined Accenture, leaving in 1988 to run his own consulting and training business, which is still active today. Thomas holds numerous Microsoft certifications, including MCSE (one of the first in the world) and later versions, MCT (25 years), and was awarded Microsoft's MVP award 17 times.

Summary:

Over 100 recipes to help you leverage PowerShell to automate Windows Server 2016 manual tasks About This Book Automate Windows server tasks with the powerful features of the PowerShell Language Master new features such as DevOps, containers, and Nano servers, and speed up their performance using PowerShell Improve PowerShell's usability, and control and manage Windows-based environments by working through inviting recipes Who This Book Is For If you are a systems administrator, engineer, or an architect working with Windows Server 2016 and want to automate tasks with PowerShell, then this book is for you. A basic knowledge of PowerShell is expected. What You Will Learn Streamline routine administration processes Improve the performance and storage of your Windows server with enhanced large-scale PowerShell scripts Use DSC to leverage Windows server features Generate automatic reports that highlight unexpected changes in your environment Monitor performance and report on system utilization using detailed graphs and analysis Create and manage a reliable and redundant Hyper-V environment Manage your enterprise's patch level Utilize multiple tools and protocols to manage your environment In Detail This book showcases several ways that Windows administrators can use to automate and streamline their job. You'll start with the PowerShell and Windows Server fundamentals, where you'll become well versed with PowerShell and Windows Server features. In the next module, Core Windows Server 2016, you'll implement Nano Server, manage Windows updates, and implement troubleshooting and server inventories. You'll then move on to the Networking module, where you'll manage Windows network services and network shares. The last module covers Azure and DSC, where you will use Azure on PowerShell and DSC to easily maintain Windows servers. Style and approach This is a practical guide packed with attractive recipes to help you effectively use PowerShell to accelerate your daily administrative tasks with Windows server.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgment

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: What's New in PowerShell and Windows Server

Introduction

Exploring Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Discovering new cmdlets in PowerShell 4 and Windows Server 2012 R2

New cmdlets

Discovering new cmdlets in PowerShell 5/5.1 and Windows Server 2016

Getting ready

PowerShellGet module

PackageManagement module

Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive module

Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility module

Other new modules

Other new cmdlets

Exploring PowerShellGet

Exploring PackageManagement

Creating an internal PowerShell repository

Chapter 2: Implementing Nano Server

Deploying a Nano Server in a VM

Connecting to and managing a Nano Server

Installing features with Nano Server packages

Chapter 3: Managing Windows Updates

Installing Windows Server Update Services

Configuring WSUS update synchronization

Configuring the Windows Update client

How it works.

There's more...

Creating computer target groups

Configuring WSUS auto-approvals

Managing updates

Chapter 4: Managing Printers

Installing and sharing printers

Publishing a printer

Changing the spool directory

Changing printer drivers

Printing a test page on a printer

Reporting on printer security

Modifying printer security

Deploying shared printers

Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing

Creating a printer pool

Reporting on printer usage

Chapter 5: Managing Server Backup

Configure and set backup policy

Examine the results of a backup

Initiate a backup manually

Restore files and folders

There's more.

Backup and restore a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Backup and perform bare metal recovery

Restore the registry from a backup

Create a daily backup report

Backup and restore using Microsoft Azure

Chapter 6: Managing Performance

Explore performance counters with Get-Counter

Explore performance counters using CIM cmdlets

Configuring and using Data Collector Sets

Reporting on performance data

Generating performance monitoring graph

Creating a system diagnostics report

Chapter 7: Troubleshooting Windows Server 2016

Checking network connectivity

Using troubleshooting packs

Use best practice analyzer

Managing event logs

Forward event logs to a central server

How to do it.

How it works...

Chapter 8: Managing Windows Networking Services

New ways to do old things

Configuring IP addressing

Converting IP address from static to DHCP

Installing domain controllers and DNS

Configuring zones and resource records in DNS

Installing and authorizing a DHCP server

Configuring DHCP scopes

Configuring DHCP server failover and load balancing

Building a public key infrastructure

Creating and managing AD users, groups, and computers

Adding users to AD using a CSV file

Reporting on AD users

Finding expired computers in AD

Creating a privileged user report

Chapter 9: Managing Network Shares

Securing your SMB file server

Creating and securing SMB shares

Accessing SMB shares

Creating an iSCSI target

Using an iSCSI target

Creating a scale-out SMB file server

Configuring a DFS Namespace

Configuring DFS Replication

Getting Ready

Chapter 10: Managing Internet Information Server

Installing IIS

Configuring IIS for SSL

Managing TLS cipher suites

Configuring a central certificate store

Configuring IIS bindings

There's more ...

Configuring IIS logging and log files

Managing applications and application pools

Managing and monitoring network load balancing

Chapter 11: Managing Hyper-V

Installing and configuring Hyper-V feature

Using Windows PowerShell Direct

Getting ready.

How to do it.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 21, 2017).

OCLC:

1006894353