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

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Published in Jul 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800568457

Length 674 pages

Edition 4th Edition

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Thomas Lee

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

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1. Installing and Configuring PowerShell 7

Introduction
Installing PowerShell 7
Using the PowerShell 7 console
Exploring PowerShell 7 installation artifacts
Building PowerShell 7 profile files
Installing VS Code
Installing the Cascadia Code font
Exploring PSReadLine

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Introduction
Exploring new operators
Exploring parallel processing with ForEach-Object
Improvements in ForEach and ForEach-Object
Improvements in Test-Connection
Using Select-String
Exploring the error view and Get-Error
Exploring experimental features

3. Exploring Compatibility with Windows PowerShell

Introduction
Exploring compatibility with Windows PowerShell
Using the Windows PowerShell compatibility solution
Exploring compatibility solution limitations
Exploring the module deny list
Importing format XML
Leveraging compatibility

4. Using PowerShell 7 in the Enterprise

Introduction
Installing RSAT tools on Windows Server
Exploring package management
Exploring PowerShellGet and the PS Gallery
Creating a local PowerShell repository
Establishing a script signing environment
Working with shortcuts and the PSShortcut module
Working with archive files

5. Exploring .NET

Introduction
Exploring .NET assemblies
Examining .NET classes
Leveraging .NET methods
Creating a C# extension
Creating a PowerShell cmdlet

6. Managing Active Directory

Introduction
Installing an AD forest root domain
Testing an AD installation
Installing a replica domain controller
Installing a child domain
Creating and managing AD users and groups
Managing AD computers
Adding users to AD using a CSV file
Creating Group Policy objects
Reporting on AD replication
Reporting on AD computers
Reporting on AD users

7. Managing Networking in the Enterprise

Introduction
Configuring IP addressing
Testing network connectivity
Installing DHCP
Configuring DHCP scopes and options
Using DHCP
Implementing DHCP failover and load balancing
Deploying DNS in the Enterprise
Configuring DNS forwarding
Managing DNS zones and resource records

8. Implementing Enterprise Security

Introduction
Implementing Just Enough Administration (JEA)
Examining Applications and Services Logs
Discovering logon events in the event log
Deploying PowerShell group policies
Using PowerShell Script Block Logging
Configuring AD password policies
Managing Windows Defender Antivirus

9. Managing Storage

Introduction
Managing physical disks and volumes
Managing filesystems
Exploring providers and the FileSystem provider
Managing Storage Replica
Deploying Storage Spaces

10. Managing Shared Data

Introduction
Managing NTFS file and folder permissions
Setting up and securing an SMB file server
Creating and securing SMB shares
Accessing SMB shares
Creating an iSCSI target
Using an iSCSI target
Implementing FSRM quotas
Implementing FSRM reporting
Implementing FSRM file screening

11. Managing Printing

Introduction
Installing and sharing printers
Publishing a printer
Changing the spooler directory
Changing printer drivers
Printing a test page
Managing printer security
Creating a printer pool

12. Managing Hyper-V

Introduction
Installing Hyper-V inside Windows Server
Creating a Hyper-V VM
Using PowerShell Direct
Using Hyper-V VM groups
Configuring VM hardware
Configuring VM networking
Implementing nested virtualization
Managing VM state
Managing VM and storage movement
Managing VM replication
Managing VM checkpoints

13. Managing Azure

Introduction
Getting started using Azure with PowerShell
Creating Azure resources
Exploring the Azure storage account
Creating an Azure SMB file share
Creating an Azure website
Creating an Azure Virtual Machine

14. Troubleshooting with PowerShell

Introduction
Using PowerShell Script Analyzer
Using Best Practices Analyzer
Network troubleshooting
Checking network connectivity using Get-NetView
Exploring PowerShell script debugging

15. Managing with Windows Management Instrumentation

Introduction
Exploring WMI in Windows
Exploring WMI namespaces
Exploring WMI classes
Obtaining local and remote WMI objects
Using WMI methods
Managing WMI events
Implementing permanent WMI eventing

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