Windows Server Automation with PowerShell Cookbook: Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks, 4th Edition

Over 100 PowerShell recipes for working more effectively with Windows Server 2022/2019

Key Features

• Develop a holistic understanding of Windows Server 2022/2019 with PowerShell 7.1
• Learn best practices for PowerShell scripting to automate common tasks and manage AD, enterprise security, WMI, Azure, and .NET 5
• Discover new ways to optimize your PowerShell code by working through easy-to-follow recipes

Book Description

With a foreword from PowerShell creator Jeffrey Snover, this heavily updated edition is designed to help you learn how to use PowerShell 7.1 effectively and manage the core roles, features, and services of Windows Server 2022/2019 in an enterprise setting. Brand new to this edition are recipes exploring the .NET Framework, enterprise server security, and managing Windows Server with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

This latest edition equips you with over 100 recipes you'll need in day-to-day work, covering a wide range of fundamental and more advanced use cases. We look at how to install and configure PowerShell 7.1, along with useful new features and optimizations, and how the PowerShell compatibility solution bridges the gap to older versions of PowerShell. Topics include using PowerShell to manage networking and DHCP in Windows Server, objects in Active Directory, Hyper-V, and Azure. Debugging is crucial, so the book shows you how to use some powerful tools to diagnose and resolve issues with Windows Server.

What you will learn

• Perform key admin tasks on Windows Server 2022/2019
• Keep your organization secure with JEA, group policies, logs, and Windows Defender
• Use the .NET Framework for administrative scripting
• Manage data and storage on Windows, including disks, volumes, and filesystems
• Create and configure Hyper-V VMs, implementing storage replication and checkpoints
• Set up virtual machines, websites, and shared files on Azure
• Report system performance using built-in cmdlets and WMI to obtain single measurements
• Apply the right tools and modules to troubleshoot and debug Windows Server

Who this book is for

This book is for systems administrators, software architects, developers, or engineers working with Windows Server 2022/2019 seeking to automate tasks more effectively with PowerShell 7.1. Basic knowledge of PowerShell is expected.

Table of Contents

1. Installing and Configuring PowerShell 7
2. Introducing PowerShell 7
3. Exploring Compatibility with Windows PowerShell
4. Using PowerShell 7 in the Enterprise
5. Exploring .NET
6. Managing Active Directory
7. Managing Networking in the Enterprise
8. Implementing Enterprise Security
9. Managing Storage
10. Managing Shared Data
11. Managing Printing
12. Managing Hyper-V
13. Managing Azure
14. Troubleshooting with PowerShell
15. Managing with Windows Management Instrumentation

Thomas Lee is a consultant/trainer/writer based in the UK and has been in the IT business since the late 1960s. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, Thomas joined ComShare where he was a systems programmer building the Commander II time-sharing operating system, a forerunner of today's cloud computing paradigm. In the mid-1970s, he moved to ICL to work on the VME/K operating system. After a sabbatical in 1980/81, he joined Accenture, leaving in 1988 to run his own consulting and training business, which is still active today. Thomas holds numerous Microsoft certifications, including MCSE (one of the first in the world) and later versions, MCT (25 years), and was awarded Microsoft's MVP award 17 times.