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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

Name: Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition
Author: Thomas Lee
ISBN: 9781789808537

by Thomas Lee

February 2019

Beginner to intermediate

542 pages

10h 34m

English

Packt Publishing

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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Third Edition
Table of Contents
Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Third Edition
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Foreword
Contributors
About the author
About the reviewer
Packt is Searching for Authors Like You
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book

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

Content preview from Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

Configuring WSUS automatic approvals

Microsoft's Windows Update can produce a large number of updates for you to manage (inspect, accept/decline, and deploy). Some update types, or example critical updates, may be ones you want to automatically approve, so as soon as you receive one of these, you can start deploying it.

Getting ready

This recipe assumes you have a WSUS server, WSUS1, set up as per the previous recipes in this chapter. You can also use your own WSUS server, adapting this recipe as appropriate.

How to do it...

Create the auto-approval rule:

$WSUSServer   = Get-WsusServer
$ApprovalRule = 
  $WSUSServer.CreateInstallApprovalRule('Critical Updates')

Define a deadline for the rule:

$Type = 'Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.' + 'AutomaticUpdateApprovalDeadline' ...

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