Instant Windows PowerShell E-Book

Vinith Menon

• Herausgeber: Packt Publishing
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 35

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

Windows PowerShell comprises numerous major features that extend its use, advance its usability, and allow you to control and manage Windows-based environments.Windows PowerShell is backward-compatible. Cmdlets, providers, modules, snap-ins, scripts, functions, and profiles that were designed for Windows PowerShell 2.0 work in Windows PowerShell 3.0 without any changes.A practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step exercises which will help you take advantage of the real power that is Windows PowerShell.Starting by listing the New Features in PowerShell 3.0, this book goes on to break down the mystery and confusion that surrounds which feature to use and when. It will take you through a number of clear, practical sections that will help you to take advantage of PowerShell, easily and quickly.You will also learn how to use PowerShell for file and folder management in a Windows Server Environment. The book will also also show you how to use PowerShell Web Access for secure Windows Management anywhere, any time, on any device.Learn how to secure and sign the scripts you write using the script signing feature in PowerShell, understand how to use PowerShell to secure and administer a PKI environment, and discover how to use a BPA module to analyze the security integrity of a system as per Microsoft requirements. If you want to take your first step into PowerShell 3.0 to manage your Windows environment, then this is the book for you.

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1. Instant Windows PowerShell

So, what is new in PowerShell 3.0?

Installation

Step 1 – what do I need?

Step 2 – downloading and installing Windows Management Framework

Step 3 – verifying that you have PowerShell v3 installed

And that's it

Quick start – configuring the default security policy in PowerShell

Top 7 features you need to know about

Using PowerShell for file and folder management in Windows Server Environment

Learning how to use PowerShell Web Access to manage your Windows Server Environment anywhere, anytime, and on any device

Step 1 — installing Windows PowerShell Web Access

Step 2 – configuring Windows PowerShell Web Access

Learning how to secure and sign the scripts you write using script signing

Learning how to manage the Active Directory environment

Resetting a user password

Disabling and Enabling a user account

Unlocking a user account

Deleting a user account

Working with groups

Adding members to a group

Enumerating the members of a group

Finding obsolete computer accounts

Disabling a computer account

Learning about the features included in the Microsoft.PowerShell.Security module

Learning how to use PowerShell to administer the PKI environment

Learning how to use the BPA module to analyze the security integrity of a system as per Microsoft standards

People and places you should get to know

Official sites

Articles and tutorials

Blogs

Twitter

Instant Windows PowerShell

Instant Windows PowerShell

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Credits

Author

Vinith Menon

Reviewers

Ravikanth Chaganti

Fabrice ZERROUKI

Acquisition Editors

Akram Hussain

Gregory Wild

Commissioning Editor

Manasi Pandire

Technical Editors

Veena Pagare

Arwa Manasawala

Copy Editors

Dipti Kapadia

Adithi Shetty

Project Coordinator

Joel Goveya

Proofreader

Clyde Jenkins

Production Coordinator

Adonia Jones

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About the Author

Vinith has over six years of experience in the IT industry. At the beginning of his career, he worked with Wipro Technologies as a senior systems engineer, managing a datacenter consisting of Windows servers and VMware virtualized environment. He was also extensively involved in automation using VBScripting.

Later in his career, he worked with Accenture as a senior software engineer, managing Microsoft Hyper-V and NetApp storage environment for Avanade.

He has done automation for tasks that required manual work using System Center Orchestrator and integrated them with PowerShell to deliver outstanding automation results for Avanade.

He also has experience in building Orchestrator Integration Packs using PowerShell for Microsoft System Center Orchestrator. He has extensive knowledge in Hyper-V, SCVMM, and other system center technologies. He has deep technical expertise in PowerShell scripting, Server Administration, Network Management, and Active Directory.

He is currently working as a technical marketing engineer with the Microsoft Business Unit at NetApp. He also works closely with the NetApp Engineering and Product Management team and helps in the automation of various tasks using PowerShell scripting, Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization, and System Center Technologies, such as SCSM, SCOM, and SCORCH 2012.

As a subject matter expert in Hyper-V and PowerShell, he blogs and supports the NetApp PowerShell community.