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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

Introduction

Keeping your client and server systems updated with patches and updates is an important task undertaken by Windows administrators. Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a feature of Windows Server 2019 that enables you to manage the download and distribution of updates to your organization’s computers.

In addition to updating Windows, WSUS enables you to manage patches and updates for various Microsoft software products. Thus, an update you download from Microsoft and distribute via WSUS may apply to Windows, Microsoft Office, and many other Microsoft software products.

This chapter shows how to install and configure the WSUS server and WSUS client computers. The recipes examine the management, approval, and installation of updates and how you can report on the status of update installation.

Note: Windows Update is one of the few Windows services you can not administer using PowerShell 7 directly. The design of the WSUS module means you can...

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