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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

Introduction


Sharing data across a network has been a feature of computer operating systems from the very earliest days of networking. This chapter looks at Windows Server 2016 features that enables you to share files and folders and to use the data that you have shared.

Microsoft's LAN Manager was the company's first network offering. It enabled client computers to create, manage, and share files in a secure manner. The protocol that LAN Manager used to provide this client/server functionality was an early version of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

SMB is a file-level storage protocol that enables you to share files and folders securely and reliably. To increase reliability, you can install a cluster and cluster the file server role. This is an active-passive solution.

A Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) is a clustered file service where all nodes are active. With SMB 3, an SOFS provides continuous availability to files for any file-based application. Applications can include productivity...