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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

You're reading from   Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789808537
Length 542 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Thomas Lee Thomas Lee
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Establishing a PowerShell Administrative Environment FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing Windows Networking 3. Managing Windows Active Directory 4. Managing Windows Storage 5. Managing Shared Data 6. Managing Windows Update 7. Managing Printing 8. Introducing Containers 9. Managing Windows Internet Information Server 10. Managing Desired State Configuration 11. Managing Hyper-V 12. Managing Azure 13. Managing Performance and Usage 14. Troubleshooting Windows Server Index

Introduction


Sharing data with other users on your network has been a feature of computer operating systems from the very earliest days of networking. This chapter looks at Windows Server 2019 features that enable you to share files and folders and to use the data that you've shared. This chapter follows on from Chapter 4, Managing Windows Storage.

Microsoft's LAN Manager was the company's first network offering. It enabled client computers to create, manage, and share files in a secure manner. The protocol that LAN Manager used to provide this client/server functionality was an early version of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

SMB is a file-level storage protocol running over TCP/IP. SMB enables you to share files and folders securely and reliably. To increase reliability for SMB servers, you can install a cluster and cluster the file server role. This is an active-passive solution and works great as long as the underlying data is accessible.

This chapter shows you how to implement...

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