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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

By : Thomas Lee
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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.

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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Third Edition
Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Third Edition
Foreword
Foreword
Contributors
Contributors
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Establishing a PowerShell Administrative Environment
Establishing a PowerShell Administrative Environment
Introduction
Installing RSAT tools on Window 10 and Windows Server 2019
Exploring package management
Exploring PowerShellGet and the PSGallery
Creating an internal PowerShell repository
Establishing a code-signing environment
Implementing Just Enough Administration
2
Managing Windows Networking
Managing Windows Networking
Introduction
New ways to do old things
Configuring IP addressing
Installing and authorizing a DHCP server
Configuring DHCP scopes
Configuring IP addresses from static to DHCP
Configuring DHCP failover and load balancing
Configuring DNS servers, zones, and resource records
3
Managing Windows Active Directory
Managing Windows Active Directory
Introduction
Installing Active Directory with DNS
Creating and managing AD users, groups, and computers
Adding users to AD via a CSV file
Creating a group policy object
Reporting on AD users
Finding expired computers and disabled users in AD
4
Managing Windows Storage
Managing Windows Storage
Introduction
Managing physical disks and disk volumes
Managing NTFS permissions
Managing Storage Replica
Managing Filestore quotas
Using filesystem reporting
5
Managing Shared Data
Managing Shared Data
Introduction
Setting up and securing an SMB file server
Creating and securing SMB shares
Accessing data on SMB shares
Creating an iSCSI target
Using an iSCSI target
Configuring a DFS Namespace
Configuring DFS Replication
6
Managing Windows Update
Managing Windows Update
Introduction
Installing Windows Update Services
Configuring WSUS update synchronization
Configuring the Windows Update Client
Creating computer target groups
Configuring WSUS automatic approvals
Managing WSUS updates
7
Managing Printing
Managing Printing
Introduction
Installing and sharing printers
Publishing a printer
Changing the spool directory
Changing printer drivers
Printing a test page
Managing printer security
Creating a printer pool
8
Introducing Containers
Introducing Containers
Introduction
Configuring a container host
Deploying a hello world sample
Deploying IIS in a container
Using a Dockerfile to create and use a container
9
Managing Windows Internet Information Server
Managing Windows Internet Information Server
Introduction
Installing IIS
Configuring IIS for SSL
Managing TLS cipher suites
Configuring a central certificate store
Configuring IIS bindings
Managing IIS logging and log files
Managing IIS applications and application pools
Analyzing IIS log files
Managing and monitoring Network Load Balancing
10
Managing Desired State Configuration
Managing Desired State Configuration
Introduction
Using DSC and built-in resources
Parameterizing DSC configuration
Finding and installing DSC resources
Using DSC with resources from PS Gallery
Configuring the DSC local configuration manager
Implementing an SMB DSC pull server
Implementing a web-based DSC pull server
Using DSC partial configurations
11
Managing Hyper-V
Managing Hyper-V
Introduction
Installing and configuring Hyper-V
Creating a VM
Using PowerShell Direct
Working with VM groups
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
12
Managing Azure
Managing Azure
Introduction
Using PowerShell with Azure
Creating core Azure resources
Exploring your storage account
Creating an Azure SMB file share
Creating an Azure website
Creating an Azure VM
13
Managing Performance and Usage
Managing Performance and Usage
Introduction
Retrieving performance counters using Get-Counter
Using WMI to retrieve performance counters
Creating and using PLA data collector sets
Reporting on performance data
Generating a performance-monitoring graph
Creating a system diagnostic report
Reporting on printer usage
Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance
14
Troubleshooting Windows Server
Troubleshooting Windows Server
Introduction
Checking network connectivity
Using the Best Practices Analyzer
Managing event logs
Index
Index

Parameterizing DSC configuration

As with functions, you can create configuration blocks with parameters. These enable you to produce different MOF files by varying the parameter values that are used when you execute the configuration.

For example, suppose you wanted to add a feature to a node. You could create a specific configuration where you hard code the feature name and the node name. This is not dissimilar to how you copied specific files from DC1 to SRV1 in the Using DSC and built-in resources recipe.

With parameterization, you create a configuration that takes the node name and the service name as parameters. When you run the configuration, PowerShell creates a MOF file that adds the specified service to the specified node. This recipe demonstrates that approach.

This approach throws up the problem that, by default, you can only send a single MOF file to a given node; therefore, if you used the earlier recipe and copied files to SRV2, attempting to send a second MOF file to the system...

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