Index

A

• Access Control Entry (ACE)
  • about / How it works...
• ACL
  • about / How it works..., Adding and removing printer security
• AD
  • expired computers, finding / Finding expired computers in AD, How it works...
• additional IP addresses
  • about / There's more...
• additional routes
  • about / There's more...
• AddPrinterConnection method / How it works...
• AddWindowsPrinterConnection method / How it works...
• AD environment
  • about / Getting ready
• AD Users
  • creating / Creating AD users, How it works...
  • additional properties / There's more...
  • template user / There's more...
  • searching / Searching for and reporting on AD users, How it works...
  • reporting on / How to do it..., How it works...
• AllSigned execution policy
  • about / How it works...
• alternate streams
  • about / Managing NTFS alternate streams
• application data
  • restoring / Restoring application data, How it works...
• auto-approvals, WSUS
  • configuring / Configuring WSUS auto-approvals, Getting ready, How it works...

B

• backup policies
  • about / Configuring backup policies
  • configuring / Configuring backup policies, How to do it..., How it works...
• backups
  • initiating manually / Initiating backups manually, How to do it..., There's more...
• basic array validation
  • about / How to do it...
• basic float validation
  • about / How to do it...
• basic integer validation
  • about / How to do it...
• basic string validation
  • about / How to do it...
• basic validation-testing methods
  • about / Validating parameters in functions
• Best Practices Analyzer
  • about / Using Best Practices Analyzers
  • using / Using Best Practices Analyzers, How to do it..., How it works...
• binding
  • about / How it works...
  • port binding limitations / There's more...
  • host header limitations / There's more...
  • host header, with SSL / There's more...
• BranchCache
  • about / Configuring BranchCache
  • file servers / Configuring BranchCache
  • web servers / Configuring BranchCache
  • configuring / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • URL / See also
• Branch Office Direct Printing
  • about / Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing
  • enabling / Getting ready, How it works...
• Bypass execution policy
  • about / How it works...

C

• Central Certificate Store
  • configuring / Configuring a Central Certificate Store, Getting ready, How it works...
• Certificate Authorities (CA) / Getting ready
  • Enterprise root CA / How it works...
  • Enterprise subordinate CA / How it works...
  • Standalone root CA / How it works...
  • Standalone subordinate CA / How it works...
• Certificate Authority (CA) / Building out a PKI environment
• change report
  • creating / Creating a change report, How to do it..., How it works...
• CIFS
  • about / Creating and securing CIFS shares
• CIFS shares
  • creating / Creating and securing CIFS shares, How to do it..., How it works...
  • securing / How to do it..., How it works...
  • URL / See also
  • accessing, from PowerShell / Accessing CIFS shares from PowerShell, How to do it..., How it works...
  • making highly available / Making CIFS shares highly available, How to do it..., How it works...
• clients
  • mapping, to printers / Mapping clients to printers, How it works...
• Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) / Making CIFS shares highly available
• Cmdlets
  • creating / Creating and using Cmdlets, How to do it...
  • using / How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
• computer groups, WSUS
  • creating / Creating computer groups, How it works...
• configuration report
  • exporting, to Word / Exporting a configuration report to Word, How to do it..., How it works...
• Copy-Item command
  • about / There's more...
• Create-User fucntion
  • about / How it works...
• Create-Users fucntion
  • about / How it works...
• CurrentActiveCacheSize
  • about / There's more...

D

• daily backup report
  • creating / Creating a daily backup report, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• data
  • piping, to functions / Piping data to functions, How it works..., There's more...
• Data Collector Sets
  • configuring / Configuring Data Collector Sets, Getting ready
  • managing / How to do it...
  • example / There's more...
• data formatting
  • using, for exporting data views / Using formatting to export data views, How to do it..., How it works...
• DFS and DFSR replication
  • configuring / How to do it..., How it works...
• DHCP
  • about / Configuring DHCP scopes
  • reservations, adding / There's more...
  • exclusions, adding / There's more...
• DHCP addresses
  • converting, to static / Converting DHCP addresses to static, How it works...
• DHCP scopes
  • configuring / Configuring DHCP scopes, How it works...
• DHCP server failover
  • configuring / Configuring DHCP server failover, Getting ready
• Distributed File System (DFS)
  • about / Configuring DFS and DFSR replication
• Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)
  • about / Configuring DFS and DFSR replication
• DNS
  • zones, configuring / Configuring zones in DNS, Getting ready, How it works...
• DNS records
  • updating / There's more...
• domain controller
  • installing / Installing domain controllers, Getting ready, How it works...
  • computer, joining to domain / There's more...
  • push install / There's more...

E

• $ErrorActionPreferece variable
  • about / There's more...
  • settings / There's more...
• e-mail
  • sending, PowerShell used / Sending e-mail, How it works...
• Enterprise root CA
  • about / How it works...
• Enterprise subordinate CA
  • about / How it works...
• error handling
  • about / Dealing with errors in PowerShell, How to do it...
  • error codes, clearing / There's more...
• event logs
  • searching, for specific events / Searching event logs for specific events, How it works..., There's more...
  • forwarding, to central log server / Forwarding event logs to a central log server, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Excel
  • WSUS data, exporting to / Exporting WSUS data to Excel, Getting ready, There's more...
• Execution Policies
  • about / Managing security on PowerShell scripts
  • Restricted / How it works...
  • AllSigned / How it works...
  • RemoteSigned / How it works...
  • Unrestricted / How it works...
  • Bypass / How it works...
  • Undefined / How it works...
• external network, Hyper-V
  • about / Hyper-V networking

F

• failover clustering
  • setting up, for Hyper-V / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• file quotas
  • managing / Managing file quotas, How it works..., There's more...
  • hard quotas / Managing file quotas
  • soft quotas / Managing file quotas
• files
  • restoring / Restoring files, How to do it..., How it works...
• file servers, BranchCache
  • about / Configuring BranchCache
• filtering
  • about / How to do it...
  • methods / How it works...
• Force switch / How it works...
• functions, PowerShell script
  • creating / Creating and using functions, How to do it...
  • using / How it works...

G

• Get-Counter cmdlet / How it works...
• Get-Counter command
  • about / How it works...
• Get-Disk function
  • about / How it works...
• Get-NetIPAddress command
  • about / How it works...
  / How it works...
• Get-RandomPass fucntion
  • about / How it works...
• Get-SynchronizationProgres() command
  • about / How it works...
• Get-TroubleshootingPack / How it works...
• GetLastSynchronizationInfo() command
  • about / How it works...
• GetSubscription() method
  • about / How it works...
• GetSynchronizationStatus() command
  • about / How it works...
• GetUptimeCommand class / How it works...
• graphs
  • generating / Generating graphs, How it works..., There's more...
  • example / There's more...
• Group Policy (GPO)
  • about / Getting ready

H

• hard quotas / Managing file quotas
• hardware
  • inventorying, with PowerShell / Inventorying hardware with PowerShell, How to do it..., How it works...
• Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
  • about / There's more...
• host headers
  • about / How it works...
• Hyper-V
  • about / Introduction
  • basic management / Introduction
  • installing / Installing and configuring Hyper-V, How to do it...
  • configuring / How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
  • securing / Securing Hyper-V, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • networking / Hyper-V networking
  • virtual machines, creating / Getting ready, How it works...
  • failover clustering, setting up / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Hyper-V disk types
  • URL / See also
• Hyper-V hosts
  • networks, synchronizing / Synchronizing networks between Hyper-V hosts, How to do it..., How it works...
• Hyper-V networks
  • external network / Hyper-V networking
  • internal network / Hyper-V networking
  • private network / Hyper-V networking
  • production network, creating / Getting ready
  • NLB Comm network, creating / Getting ready
  • management network, creating / Getting ready
  • setting up / How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
• Hyper-V performance
  • monitoring / Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance, How to do it..., How it works...
• Hyper-V replication
  • configuring / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Hyper-V utilization
  • monitoring / Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance, How to do it..., How it works...

I

• $installer object / How it works...
• ICMP traffic / Testing if a server is responding
• IGMP multicast
  • about / There's more...
• IIS
  • about / Introduction
  • installing / How to do it...
  • configuring / How to do it...
  • configuring, for SSL / Configuring IIS for SSL, How to do it..., How it works...
• IIS bindings
  • configuring / Configuring IIS bindings, How to do it..., How it works...
• IIS log files
  • managing / Managing log files, How it works...
• IIS logging
  • configuring / Configuring IIS logging, How it works...
• input type validations
  • basic string validation / How to do it...
  • basic integer validation / How to do it...
  • basic float validation / How to do it...
  • basic array validation / How to do it...
• installed software
  • inventorying / Inventorying the installed software, How it works...
• internal network, Hyper-V
  • about / Hyper-V networking
• IPv6 addressing
  • about / There's more...
• iSCSI
  • about / Creating iSCSI target and virtual disk
• iSCSI disk
  • using / Using a iSCSI disk, How to do it..., How it works...
• iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN)
  • about / How it works...
• iSCSI target
  • creating / How to do it...
  • URL / See also
• iSNS
  • about / Configuring and using iSNS
  • configuring / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • using / How it works...
  • URL / See also

J

• jobs
  • using / Using jobs, How it works...

L

• load balancing, across NLB nodes
  • monitoring / Monitoring load balancing across NLB nodes, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
• Local Area Network (LAN)
  • about / Creating iSCSI target and virtual disk
• logFile.directory property / How it works...
• logfile.enabled parameter / How it works...
• logFile.logFormat property / How it works...
• logFile.period property / How it works...
• log files, IIS
  • managing / Managing log files
• LongWrite function / How it works...

M

• $myNode variable
  • about / How it works...
• management network, Hyper-V
  • about / Getting ready
• Microsoft Word
  • configuration report, exporting to / Exporting a configuration report to Word, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• missing updates, WSUS
  • reporting / Reporting missing updates, How it works...
• modules, PowerShell script
  • creating / Creating and using modules, How to do it..., How it works...
  • using / Creating and using modules, How to do it..., How it works...
  • auto-loading / There's more...
  • module manifest / There's more...
• MSFT_Disk class
  • about / How it works...
• multicast mode / How it works...
• multiple switches, VM
  • MemoryStartupBytes / How it works...
  • NewVHDPath / How it works...
  • NewVHDSizeBytes / How it works...
  • SwitchName / How it works...
• Multiply-Numbers function
  • using / How to do it...

N

• Network Access Protection / Reporting on system security
• networks
  • synchronizing, between Hyper-V hosts / Synchronizing networks between Hyper-V hosts, How it works...
• New-NetIPAddress function
  • about / There's more...
• NFS
  • about / Creating an NFS export
  • URL / See also
• NFS exports
  • creating / Creating an NFS export, How it works...
  • mounting / Mounting NFS exports, How it works...
• NLB
  • configuring, across multiple servers / Configuring NLB across multiple servers, How to do it..., How it works...
  • about / Configuring NLB across multiple servers
• NLB Comm network, Hyper-V
  • about / Getting ready
• NLB configuration
  • website, accessing / There's more...
  • NLB modes / There's more...
• NLB nodes
  • load balancing, monitoring / Monitoring load balancing across NLB nodes, How it works...
  • placing, into maintenance / Placing NLB nodes into maintenance, How to do it...
• NTFS alternate streams
  • managing / Managing NTFS alternate streams, How to do it..., How it works...
  • about / There's more...
• NTFS deduplication
  • configuring / Configuring NTFS deduplication, How it works...
  • monitoring / Monitoring NTFS deduplication, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• NTFS file permissions
  • about / Managing NTFS file permissions
  • managing / Managing NTFS file permissions, Getting ready
  • editing, on Excel spreadsheet / Editing the permissions on an Excel spreadsheet
  • cloning, for new folder / Cloning permissions for a new folder
  • ownership, taking / Taking ownership and reassigning permissions
  • reassigning / Taking ownership and reassigning permissions
  • inheritance, enabling / Enabling and disabling inheritance
  • inheritance, disabling / Enabling and disabling inheritance
• NUMA
  • configuring / Configuring NUMA, Getting Ready
  • working / How it works...
  • reference link / See also
• number formatting
  • using, for exporting numbers / Using formatting to export numbers, How it works...

P

• parameters
  • validating, in functions / Validating parameters in functions, How to do it..., How it works...
• performance, managing
  • performance counters, reading / Reading performance counters, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Data Collector Sets, configuring / Configuring Data Collector Sets, Getting ready, How it works...
  • performance data, reporting / Reporting on performance data, How to do it..., How it works...
  • graphs, generating / Generating graphs, Getting ready, How it works..., There's more...
  • server performance report, creating / Creating a server performance report, Getting ready, How it works...
• performance counters
  • reading / Reading performance counters, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• performance data
  • reporting / Reporting on performance data, How to do it..., How it works...
• Performance Monitor / Creating a server performance report
• PKI environment
  • building / Building out a PKI environment, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more…
  • about / Building out a PKI environment
• postinstall phase, WSUS
  • about / Installing Windows Server Update Services
• PowerShell
  • about / Introduction
  • basic validation-testing methods / Validating parameters in functions
  • used, for sending e-mails / Getting ready, How to do it...
  • filtering / How to do it...
  • sorting / How to do it...
  • number formatting / Using formatting to export numbers
  • error handling / Dealing with errors in PowerShell
  • Cmdlets, creating / Creating and using Cmdlets
  • IPv6 addressing / There's more...
  • additional IP addresses / There's more...
  • additional routes / There's more...
  • printers, setting up / Setting up and sharing printers
  • printers, sharing / How to do it..., How it works...
  • printer drivers, changing / Changing printer drivers, How to do it..., How it works...
  • printer security, reporting / Reporting on printer security, Getting ready, How it works...
  • printer security, removing / Adding and removing printer security, How it works...
  • printer security, adding / Adding and removing printer security, How it works...
  • clients, mapping to printers / Mapping clients to printers, How it works..., There's more...
  • Branch Office Direct Printing, enabling / Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing, Getting ready, How it works...
  • printer usage, reporting / Reporting on printer usage, How it works...
  • hardware, inventorying / Inventorying hardware with PowerShell, How it works...
  • installed software, inventorying / Inventorying the installed software, How it works...
  • system configuration, inventorying / Inventory system configuration, How to do it..., How it works...
  • server backup / Introduction
• PowerShell cmdlets, for WSUS
  • URL / See also
• PowerShell modules
  • URL / See also
• PowerShell profiles
  • creating / Creating and using PowerShell profiles, How it works..., There's more…
  • using / There's more…
  • reference links / See also
• PowerShell scripts
  • security, managing / Managing security on PowerShell scripts, How to do it..., How it works...
  • functions, creating / Creating and using functions, How to do it...
  • functions, using / How it works...
  • signing / Signing PowerShell scripts, How it works..., There's more...
  • tuning, for performance / Tuning PowerShell scripts for performance, How it works...
• PowerShell security / See also
• PowerShell session
  • recording, with transcripts / Recording sessions with transcripts, How it works...
• PowerShell transcripts
  • about / Recording sessions with transcripts
• primary domain controller (PDC) / How it works...
• printer drivers
  • changing / Changing printer drivers, Getting ready, How it works...
• printers
  • setting up / Setting up and sharing printers, How it works...
  • sharing / How to do it..., How it works...
• printer security
  • reporting / Reporting on printer security, How to do it..., How it works...
  • adding / Adding and removing printer security, How to do it...
  • removing / Adding and removing printer security, How it works...
• printer usage
  • reporting / Reporting on printer usage, How it works..., There's more...
• PrintTestPage command / How it works...
• private key
  • about / How it works...
• Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) / Getting ready
• private network, Hyper-V
  • about / Hyper-V networking
• production network, Hyper-V
  • about / Getting ready
• PSDrive
  • about / There's more...
• public key
  • about / How it works...

R

• Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
  • about / Configuring storage pools
• Remote Installation Services (RIS)
  • about / Configuring NTFS deduplication
• RemoteSigned execution policy
  • about / How it works...
• Remove-Job / How it works...
• RemovePrinterConnection method / How it works...
• restricted execution policy
  • about / How it works...

S

• $searcher object / How it works...
• $session object / How it works...
• SDDL
  • about / Adding and removing printer security
  • URL / There's more...
• security
  • managing, on PowerShell scripts / Managing security on PowerShell scripts, How to do it...
• server
  • testing / Testing if a server is responding, How it works..., There's more...
• server backup
  • about / Introduction
  • backup policies, configuring / Configuring backup policies, How to do it..., How it works...
  • backups, initiating manually / Initiating backups manually, How to do it..., There's more...
  • files, restoring / Restoring files, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Windows system states, restoring / Restoring Windows system state, How it works...
  • application data, restoring / Restoring application data, How it works...
  • daily backup report, creating / Creating a daily backup report, How to do it..., How it works...
• Server Message Block (SMB)
  • about / Creating and securing CIFS shares
• Server Name Indicators (SNI) / There's more...
• server performance report
  • creating / Creating a server performance report, Getting ready, How it works...
• sessions
  • recording, with transcripts / Recording sessions with transcripts, How it works...
• Set-DhcpServerv4OptionValue command / How it works...
• Set-WebBinding
  • about / How it works...
• SetAccessRuleProtection command
  • about / How it works...
• SetDefaultPrinter method / How it works...
• settings, $ErrorActionPreferece variable
  • stop / There's more...
  • continue / There's more...
  • SilentlyContinue / There's more...
  • inquire / There's more...
• Smart Screen / Reporting on system security
• soft quotas / Managing file quotas
• sorting
  • about / How to do it...
• SSL encryption
  • IIS, configuring for / Getting ready
• Standalone root CA
  • about / How it works...
• Standalone subordinate CA
  • about / How it works...
• StartSynchronizationForCategoryOnly() method
  • about / How it works...
• static networking
  • configuring / Configuring static networking, How to do it..., How it works...
• storage pools
  • about / Configuring storage pools
  • configuring / Configuring storage pools, How to do it..., How it works...
  • reporting / Reporting on storage pools, Getting ready, How it works...
• superuser report
  • creating / Creating and e-mailing a superuser report, How it works...
  • e-mailing / How it works..., There's more...
• SysPrep
  • URL / See also
• system configuration
  • inventorying / Inventory system configuration, How to do it...
• system security
  • reporting / Reporting on system security, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Network Access Protection / Reporting on system security
  • Smart Screen / Reporting on system security
  • User Account Control / Reporting on system security
  • Windows Activation / Reporting on system security
  • Windows Update / Reporting on system security

T

• TCP/IP
  • about / Configuring static networking
• TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE)
  • about / There's more...
• Test-Connection command / Testing if a server is responding
• Test-PhoneNumber function / How to do it...
• three-tier website
  • content, promoting / Promoting content in websites, How it works..., There's more...
• three-tier website scheme
  • configuring / Configuring a development/staging/production site scheme, How it works...
• troubleshooting packs
  • using / Using troubleshooting packs, How to do it, How it works...
• troubleshooting servers
  • server, testing / Testing if a server is responding, How it works...
  • Best Practices Analyzer, using / Using Best Practices Analyzers, How to do it..., How it works...
  • event logs, searching for specific events / Searching event logs for specific events, How to do it..., How it works...
  • event logs, forwarding to central log server / Forwarding event logs to a central log server, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Trusted Publishers store / There's more...
• Try/Catch block
  • using / How to do it..., How it works...
• Type Validation / How it works...

U

• $updateCollection object / How it works...
• Undefined execution policy
  • about / How it works...
• Unicast
  • about / There's more...
• UnInstall command / Uninstalling updates
• Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
  • about / Creating and securing CIFS shares
• Unrestricted execution policy
  • about / How it works...
• update report, WSUS
  • creating / Creating an update report, How to do it..., How it works...
• updates, WSUS
  • installing / Installing updates, How to do it...
  • uninstalling / Uninstalling updates, How to do it..., How it works...
• User Account Control / Reporting on system security

V

• ValidateLength function / How it works...
• ValidatePattern function / How it works...
• ValidateRange function / How it works...
• ValidateScript function / How it works...
• ValidateSet function / How it works...
• variables
  • passing, to functions / Passing variables to functions, How it works...
• Virtual LANs (VLANs) / Configuring VM networking
• Virtual Machine Management Service (VMMS) / How it works...
• VM
  • creating / Creating virtual machines, Getting ready
  • working / How it works...
  • multiple switches / How it works...
  • deploying, template used / Quickly deploying VMs using a template, Getting ready, How it works...
  • migrating, between hosts / Migrating VMs between hosts, How to do it..., How it works...
• VM hardware
  • configuring / Configuring VM hardware, How it works...
• VM networking
  • configuring / Configuring VM networking, How to do it...
  • working / How it works..., There's more...
• VM snapshots
  • managing / Managing and reporting on VM snapshots, How to do it...
  • reporting / How to do it..., How it works...
• VM state
  • managing / Managing VM state, How to do it..., How it works...
• VM storage
  • migrating, between hosts / Migrating VM storage between hosts, How to do it...

W

• web servers, BranchCache
  • about / Configuring BranchCache
• website access and errors
  • reporting / Reporting on website access and errors, How it works...
• Wide Area Network (WAN)
  • about / Creating iSCSI target and virtual disk
• Win32_Group WMI class / Getting ready
• Win32_PingStatus object / Testing if a server is responding
• Win32_Product class
  • about / How it works...
• Win32_Registry class
  • about / How it works...
• Win32_TimeZone class
  • about / How it works...
• Windows Activation / Reporting on system security
• Windows Network Services
  • static networking, configuring / Configuring static networking, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • domain controller, installing / Installing domain controllers, Getting ready, How it works...
  • zones, configuring in DNS / Configuring zones in DNS, Getting ready, How it works...
• Windows system state
  • restoring / Restoring Windows system state, How it works...
• Windows Update / Reporting on system security
• Windows update client
  • about / Configuring the Windows update client
  • configuring / Getting ready, How it works...
• Windows Update Standalone Installer command-line too / There's more...
• WriteXML method / There's more...
• WSUS
  • about / Introduction
  • installing / Installing Windows Server Update Services, How to do it...
  • postinstall phase / Installing Windows Server Update Services
  • working / How it works...
  • computer groups, creating / Creating computer groups, How it works...
  • missing updates, reporting / Reporting missing updates, How it works..., There's more...
  • updates, installing / Installing updates, How it works...
  • updates, uninstalling / Uninstalling updates, How to do it..., How it works...
  • configuring, to inventory clients / Configuring WSUS to inventory clients, How it works..., There's more...
  • update report, creating / Creating an update report, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• WSUS auto-approvals
  • configuring / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• WSUS data
  • exporting, to Excel / Exporting WSUS data to Excel, How it works..., There's more...
• WSUS update synchronization
  • configuring / Configuring WSUS update synchronization, Getting ready, How it works…
• WUSA.exe / There's more...

Z

• zones
  • configuring, in DNS / Configuring zones in DNS, How to do it..., How it works...
  • listing / There's more...