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Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook, Fifth Edition

You're reading from   Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook, Fifth Edition Powerful ways to automate, manage, and administrate Windows Server 2022 using PowerShell 7.2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804614235
Length 714 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Thomas Lee Thomas Lee
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Installing and Configuring PowerShell 7 FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing PowerShell 7 in the Enterprise 3. Exploring .NET 4. Managing Active Directory 5. Managing Networking 6. Implementing Enterprise Security 7. Managing Storage 8. Managing Shared Data 9. Managing Printing 10. Exploring Windows Containers 11. Managing Hyper-V 12. Debugging and Troubleshooting Windows Server 13. Managing Windows Server with Window Management Instrumentation (WMI) 14. Managing Windows Update Services 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Using PowerShell Script Block Logging

In the Deploying PowerShell group policies recipe, you saw how you could deploy policies related to PowerShell 7. One of these policies, Script Block Logging, causes PowerShell 7 to generate log events whenever you execute a script block that PowerShell deems noteworthy. PowerShell does not log ALL script blocks, only those that can change the system’s state.

There are two ways you can use to implement script block logging. The first and possibly best approach is to use GPOs to enforce logging on some or all hosts. You can also configure the local registry to enable script block logging. Modifying the local registry mimics a GPO by setting the appropriate registry settings on a host. You can use the Group Policy editor – it does provide a nice interface to the policies but you can’t automate the GUI. The GUI may be more convenient if you need to make a single policy change to a single GPO. But if you are making changes...

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