Leverage PowerShell to automate complex Windows server tasks
Explore new features such as DevOps and containers, and speed up their performance using PowerShell
Improve PowerShell's usability and manage Windows-based environments by working through exciting recipes
Description
Windows Server 2019 is the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship server operating system. It also comes with PowerShell Version 5.1 and offers a number of additional features that IT professionals will find useful. This book is designed to help you learn how to use PowerShell and manage the core roles, features, and services of Windows Server 2019.
You will begin by creating a PowerShell Administrative Environment that features updated versions of PowerShell, the Windows Management Framework, .NET Framework, and third-party modules. Next, you will learn to use PowerShell to set up and configure Windows Server 2019 networking and understand how to manage objects in the Active Directory (AD) environment. The book will also guide you in setting up a host to utilize containers and deploying containers. Further along, you will be able to implement different mechanisms to achieve Desired State Configuration. The book will then get you up to speed with Azure infrastructure, in addition to helping you get to grips with setting up virtual machines (VMs), websites, and file share on Azure. In the concluding chapters, you will be able to deploy some powerful tools to diagnose and resolve issues with Windows Server 2019.
By the end of this book, you will be equipped with a number of useful tips and tricks to automate your Windows environment with PowerShell.
Who is this book for?
If you are a systems administrator, engineer, or an architect working with Windows Server 2016 who wants to upgrade to Windows Server 2019 and automate tasks with PowerShell, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of PowerShell is expected.
What you will learn
Perform key admin tasks on Windows Server 2019
Employing best practices for writing PowerShell scripts and configuring Windows Server 2019
Use the .NET Framework to achieve administrative scripting
Set up VMs, websites, and shared files on Azure
Report system performance using built-in cmdlets and WMI to obtain single measurements
Know the tools you can use to diagnose and resolve issues with Windows Server
Good book if you like powershell comands this is a great book.
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Amazon KundeJul 22, 2020
5
Sehr gut!
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shawn dunhamMar 14, 2020
5
Enjoyed this book. Recommend for beginners-intermediate experience.
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ColMikeMay 21, 2019
5
Don't pass this book up, seriously! From soup to nuts, Thomas gives you the recipes to excel in the world of Powershell and automation. If you're not automating your server tasks on ANY version of Windows server, you're at least 15+ years behind the times. I was doing it with PERL in the early 2000s and doing it now with Powershell. Thomas gives you the tools to be ahead of your peers when it comes to Powershell. I knew this would be a great asset to have in my toolbox because I also have his Windows Server 2016 Cookbook.
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Bronson MagnanMar 26, 2019
5
This book is the single resource to take an intermediate PowerShell user and supercharge their career into a Professional Windows Server Administer. You will learn how to work with remote management environments, custom repositories, package management, code-signing, JEA (Just Enough Administration), IP Address, DHCP, and DNS management, AD management, File share automation, DFS management, WSUS management, practical Container operations, IIS Administration, DSC (Desired State Configuration), Hyper-V management, Performance monitoring, Event logs, and some Azure, all with PowerShell. Even if you are a veteran PowerShell expert with Windows Server, you will learn some new ways to do things with Windows Server 2019.
Thomas Lee is a consultant/trainer/writer based in the UK and has been in the IT business since the late 1960s. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, Thomas joined ComShare where he was a systems programmer building the Commander II time-sharing operating system, a forerunner of today's cloud computing paradigm. In the mid-1970s, he moved to ICL to work on the VME/K operating system. After a sabbatical in 1980/81, he joined Accenture, leaving in 1988 to run his own consulting and training business, which is still active today.
Thomas holds numerous Microsoft certifications, including MCSE (one of the first in the world) and later versions, MCT (25 years), and was awarded Microsoft's MVP award 17 times.
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