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You're reading from Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781787122048

Length 660 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

PowerShell

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Thomas Lee

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. What's New in PowerShell and Windows Server FREE CHAPTER

2. Implementing Nano Server

3. Managing Windows Updates

4. Managing Printers

5. Managing Server Backup

6. Managing Performance

7. Troubleshooting Windows Server 2016

8. Managing Windows Networking Services

9. Managing Network Shares

10. Managing Internet Information Server

11. Managing Hyper-V

12. Managing Azure

13. Using Desired State Configuration

Introduction

The ability to backup and restore a Windows Server has been a feature of Windows since the first version of Windows NT, released in 1993. In the early days, you used NTBackup (via a GUI) to carry out backup and restore activities. With Server 2008, Windows Server Backup replaced NTBackup and offered 15 cmdlets (provided in an old-school PS Snap-in) to augment the GUI. The Snap-in was replaced with a module, WindowsServerBackup, and was improved with Server 2012. The module remains unchanged in Server 2016 and provided 49 cmdlets.

Windows Server Backup (WSB) provides a set of features to enable you to backup and restore files, folders, and Hyper-V VMs as well as an entire system. These features are more than adequate for many organizations and come for free with Windows Server 2016. Nevertheless, some organizations need more functionality. There is a rich third party...

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Authors (1)

Thomas Lee

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.

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