Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Thomas Lee, Ed Goad

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Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Thomas Lee, Ed Goad

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Overview of this book

This book showcases several ways that Windows administrators can use to automate and streamline their job. You'll start with the PowerShell and Windows Server fundamentals, where you'll become well versed with PowerShell and Windows Server features. In the next module, Core Windows Server 2016, you'll implement Nano Server, manage Windows updates, and implement troubleshooting and server inventories. You'll then move on to the Networking module, where you'll manage Windows network services and network shares. The last module covers Azure and DSC, where you will use Azure on PowerShell and DSC to easily maintain Windows servers.

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgment

About the Reviewer

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Customer Feedback

Preface

Free Chapter

What's New in PowerShell and Windows Server

Introduction

Exploring Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)

Discovering new cmdlets in PowerShell 4 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Discovering new cmdlets in PowerShell 5/5.1 and Windows Server 2016

Exploring PowerShellGet

Exploring PackageManagement

Creating an internal PowerShell repository

Implementing Nano Server

Introduction

Deploying a Nano Server in a VM

Connecting to and managing a Nano Server

Installing features with Nano Server packages

Managing Windows Updates

Introduction

Installing Windows Server Update Services

Configuring WSUS update synchronization

Configuring the Windows Update client

Creating computer target groups

Configuring WSUS auto-approvals

Managing updates

Managing Printers

Introduction

Installing and sharing printers

Publishing a printer

Changing the spool directory

Changing printer drivers

Printing a test page on a printer

Reporting on printer security

Modifying printer security

Deploying shared printers

Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing

Creating a printer pool

Reporting on printer usage

Managing Server Backup

Introduction

Configure and set backup policy

Examine the results of a backup

Initiate a backup manually

Restore files and folders

Backup and restore a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Backup and perform bare metal recovery

Restore the registry from a backup

Create a daily backup report

Backup and restore using Microsoft Azure

Managing Performance

Introduction

Explore performance counters with Get-Counter

Explore performance counters using CIM cmdlets

Configuring and using Data Collector Sets

Reporting on performance data

Generating performance monitoring graph

Creating a system diagnostics report

Troubleshooting Windows Server 2016

Introduction

Checking network connectivity

Using troubleshooting packs

Use best practice analyzer

Managing event logs

Forward event logs to a central server

Managing Windows Networking Services

Introduction

New ways to do old things

Configuring IP addressing

Converting IP address from static to DHCP

Installing domain controllers and DNS

Configuring zones and resource records in DNS

Installing and authorizing a DHCP server

Configuring DHCP scopes

Configuring DHCP server failover and load balancing

Building a public key infrastructure

Creating and managing AD users, groups, and computers

Adding users to AD using a CSV file

Reporting on AD users

Finding expired computers in AD

Creating a privileged user report

Managing Network Shares

Introduction

Securing your SMB file server

Creating and securing SMB shares

Accessing SMB shares

Creating an iSCSI target

Using an iSCSI target

Creating a scale-out SMB file server

Configuring a DFS Namespace

Configuring DFS Replication

Managing Internet Information Server

Introduction

Installing IIS

Configuring IIS for SSL

Managing TLS cipher suites

Configuring a central certificate store

Configuring IIS bindings

Configuring IIS logging and log files

Managing applications and application pools

Managing and monitoring network load balancing

Managing Hyper-V

Introduction

Installing and configuring Hyper-V feature

Using Windows PowerShell Direct

Securing Hyper-V host

Create a virtual machine

Configuring VM hardware

Configuring Hyper-V networking

Implementing nested Hyper-V

Managing VM state

Configuring VM and storage movement

Configuring VM replication

Managing VM checkpoints

Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance

Creating a Hyper-V health report

Managing Azure

Introduction

Using PowerShell with Azure

Creating Core Azure Resources

Exploring your storage account

Creating Azure an SMB File Share

Creating and using websites

Creating and using Azure virtual machines

Using Desired State Configuration

Introduction

Using DSC and built-in resources

Parameterizing DSC configuration

Finding and installing DSC resources

Using DSC with PSGallery resources

Configuring Local Configuration Manager

Implementing a SMB pull server

Implementing a DSC web-based pull server

Using DSC partial configurations

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Creating computer target groups

Different types of computers in your organization require different approaches to software updating. Employee workstations run software that application servers do not. Some servers are mission critical and must only be updated after you test the updates thoroughly. Sometimes critical updates are released that must be applied immediately, while some may be optional.

To manage the distribution software updates, define computer target groups on your WSUS server and assign computers these target groups. Each computer target group can be configured to apply updates differently. You create a target group for the Domain Controllers in this recipe.

Getting ready

WSUS must be installed and configured on the update server, and clients must be configured to use the WSUS server to apply this recipe.

How to do it...

The steps for the recipe are as follows:

Create a WSUS computer target group for the Domain Controllers:

$WSUSServer = Get-WsusServer
      $WSUSServer.CreateComputerTargetGroup...

Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Thomas Lee, Ed Goad

Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Thomas Lee, Ed Goad

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