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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

By : Thomas Lee
Book Image

Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

By: Thomas Lee

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Third Edition
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
Index

Introduction


Troubleshooting is the art and science of discovering the cause of some problem in your organization's computing estate and providing a solution that overcomes the problem. Troubleshooting encompasses a variety of tasks, many of which you can perform using PowerShell.

With applications and services increasingly being networked, network connectivity can be a problem in many organizations. In the first recipe, you look at some commands that can help you troubleshoot this area.

Microsoft has built a troubleshooting framework into both Windows 10 and into Server 2019. These troubleshoots enable common problems to be resolved by an IT pro just by running the troubleshooter.

Troubleshooting is not just what you do when an issue arises. It also involves being proactive to avoid small issues becoming major problems. Often, it also means ensuring that your systems and services are set up by way of accepted best practice. The Exchange and Office Communications Server (later known as Lync...