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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

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.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Use best practice analyzer


In IT, the term best practices refers to guidelines setting out the best way to configure a server or application as defined in subject matter experts (such as the application's development and support teams). Some best practice recommendations may not apply or be relevant. Following best practice can both solve existing issues and avoid future ones, but a bit of common sense is needed to ensure you are following the advice that is relevant for you and your organization.

A best practice model is a set of specific guidelines. A BPA is an automated tool that analyzes your infrastructure and points out areas where it the environment is not compliant with the best practice model.

Windows provides a built in BPA framework, complete with PowerShell support for managing the BPA process. Windows and applications come with a number of BPA models. The PowerShell cmdlets let you find the BPA models, invoke them, and then view the results.

Since not all BPA model guidelines are...