Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook E-Book

Thomas Lee

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

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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

The Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook is back with a new edition, featuring over 100 PowerShell recipes that will make your day-to-day work easier. This book is designed to help you learn how to install, configure and use PowerShell 7.2 effectively.
To start with, we’ll look at how to install and configure PowerShell 7.2, along with useful new features and optimizations, and show you how the PowerShell compatibility solution bridges the gap to older versions of PowerShell. We’ll also be covering a wide range of fundamental and more advanced use cases, including how to create a VM and set up an Azure VPN, as well as looking at how to back up to Azure. As you progress, you’ll explore topics such as using PowerShell to manage networking and DHCP in Windows Server, objects in Active Directory, Hyper-V, and Azure. We’ll also take a closer look at WSUS, containers and see how to handle modules that are not directly compatible with PowerShell 7. Finally, you’ll also learn how to use some powerful tools to diagnose and resolve issues with Windows Server.
By the end of this PowerShell book, you’ll know how to use PowerShell 7.2 to automate tasks on Windows Server 2022 with ease, helping your Windows environment to run faster and smoother.

Leseprobe

Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Fifth Edition

Powerful ways to automate, manage, and administrate Windows Server 2022 using PowerShell 7.2

Thomas Lee

BIRMINGHAM—MUMBAI

Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Fifth Edition

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Contributors

About the author

Thomas Lee is a consultant, trainer, and writer from England 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 and 1981, he joined what is today known as Accenture, leaving in 1988 to run his own consulting and training business, which is still active today.

Thomas worked for Microsoft in Redmond to develop both multiple Microsoft official training courses and several chapters on DNS for the Windows Server 2003 Resource kit. Later, Thomas also worked for both QA (as Chief Technologist), and for Global Knowledge as Chief Architect. In both roles, he developed and delivered training for a variety of customers, including Microsoft.

Today, Thomas writes, trains, and consults. He is a site moderator and PowerShell group administrator at the popular SpiceWorks.com site. He is responsible for and a major contributor to the Microsoft PowerShell Community blog (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell-community/).

Thomas holds numerous Microsoft certifications, including MCSE (one of the first in the world) and later versions, MCT (25 years), and has been awarded Microsoft’s MVP award 17 times. Over the years, he has written and contributed to a variety of books on Windows and TCP/IP.

He lives today in a cottage in the English countryside with his family, a nice wine cellar, and a huge collection of live recordings by The Grateful Dead and The Jerry Garcia Band.

About the reviewer

Mike Roberts is a PowerShell ninja not only in his profession, but also teaches it on his blog: https://gngr.ninja. Through his blog, he hopes to inspire others by showing them what different technologies are capable of.

I am eternally grateful for the support of my family, and Destiny. Thank you!

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Contents

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

To get the most out of this book

Get in touch

Installing and Configuring PowerShell 7

Introduction

Systems used in the chapter

Installing PowerShell 7

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Installing PowerShell 7 Using Chocolatey

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using the PowerShell 7 Console

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Building PowerShell 7 Profile Files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring Installation Artifacts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Installing VS Code

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Installing the Cascadia Code Font

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring PSReadLine

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing PowerShell 7 in the Enterprise

Introduction

The system used in the chapter

Utilizing Windows PowerShell Compatibility

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Installing RSAT

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring Package Management

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring PowerShellGet and the PS Gallery

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating and Using a Local Package Repository

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Establishing a Script Signing Environment

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Working With Shortcuts and the PSShortCut Module

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Working With Archive Files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Searching for Files Using the Everything Search Tool

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring .NET

Introduction

The system used in the chapter

Exploring .NET Assemblies

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

There’s more...

Exploring .NET Classes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring .NET Methods

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating a C# Extension

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating a cmdlet

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Active Directory

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Installing a Forest Root Domain

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Testing an AD installation

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Installing a Replica Domain Controller

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Installing a Child Domain

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating and Managing AD Users and Groups

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing AD Computers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Adding/Removing Users Using a CSV Files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating Group Policy Objects

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Reporting on AD Users

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Reporting on AD Computers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing AD Replication

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There’s more…

Managing Networking

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Configuring IP Addressing

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Testing Network Connectivity

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Installing DHCP

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring DHCP Scopes and Options

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using DHCP

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring a DHCP Reservation

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Implementing DHCP Fail Over/Load Balancing

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Implementing DNS in the Enterprise

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing DNS Zones and Resource Records

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring DNS Forwarding

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Implementing Enterprise Security

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Implementing Just Enough Administration (JEA)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Examining Applications and Services Logs

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Discovering Logon Events in the Event Log

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Deploying PowerShell Group Policies

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using PowerShell Script Block Logging

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring AD Password Policies

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Windows Defender Antivirus

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Storage

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Managing Disks

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing File Systems

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring PowerShell Providers and the FileSystem Provider

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Storage Replica

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Deploying Storage Spaces

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Shared Data

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Managing NTFS File and Folder Permissions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Securing Your SMB File Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating and Securing SMB Shares

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Accessing SMB Shares

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating an iSCSI Target

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using an iSCSI Target

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Implementing FSRM Filestore Quotas

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Implementing FSRM Filestore Reporting

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Implementing FSRM Filestore Screening

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Printing

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Installing and Sharing Printers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Publishing a Printer to Active Directory

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Changing the Spooler Directory

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Changing Printer Drivers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Printing a Test Page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Printer Security

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating a Printer Pool

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring Windows Containers

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Configuring a container host

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Deploying sample containers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Deploying IIS in a container

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There’s more...

Using a Dockerfile to create a custom container

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Hyper-V

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Installing Hyper-V inside Windows Server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more…

See also

Creating a Hyper-V VM

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using PowerShell Direct

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using Hyper-V VM groups

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring the VM hardware

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring VM networking

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Implementing nested virtualization

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing the VM state

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing a VM and VM storage movement

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing VM replication

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing VM checkpoints

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating a Hyper-V report

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Debugging and Troubleshooting Windows Server

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Using PSScriptAnalyzer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Performing BASIC Network Troubleshooting

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using Get-NetView to Diagnose Network Issues

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using Best Practices Analyzer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring PowerShell Script Debugging

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Windows Server with Window Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Introduction

WMI architecture

The systems used in the chapter

Exploring WMI Architecture in Windows

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring WMI Namespaces

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Exploring WMI Classes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Obtaining WMI Class Instances

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using WMI Methods

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Using WMI Events

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Implementing Permanent WMI Eventing

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing Windows Update Services

Introduction

The systems used in the chapter

Installing Windows Server Update Services

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring WSUS Update Synchronization

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring the Windows Update Client

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Creating Computer Target Groups

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Configuring WSUS Automatic Approvals

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

Managing WSUS Updates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There’s more...

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