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Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Jul 2025
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Description

Over 100 recipes to help you leverage PowerShell to automate Windows Server 2016 manual tasks

Key Features

  • Automate Windows server tasks with the powerful features of the PowerShell Language
  • Master new features such as DevOps, containers, and Nano servers, and speed up their performance using PowerShell
  • Improve PowerShell's usability, and control and manage Windows-based environments by working through inviting recipes

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

  • Things you will learn:
  • Streamline routine administration processes
  • Improve the performance and storage of your Windows server with enhanced large-scale
  • PowerShell scripts
  • Use DSC to leverage Windows server features
  • Generate automatic reports that highlight unexpected changes in your environment
  • Monitor performance and report on system utilization using detailed graphs and analysis
  • Create and manage a reliable and redundant Hyper-V environment
  • Manage your enterprise s patch level
  • Utilize multiple tools and protocols to manage your environment

Who this book is for

If you are a systems administrator, engineer, or an architect working with Windows Server 2016 and want to automate tasks with PowerShell, then this book is for you. A basic knowledge of PowerShell is expected.

Table of Contents

  1. Whats new in PowerShell and Windows Server
  2. Implementing NanoServer
  3. Managing Windows Updates
  4. Managing Printers
  5. Managing Server Backup
  6. Managing Performance
  7. Troubleshooting Servers
  8. Managing Windows Network Services
  9. Managing Network Shares
  10. Managing Internet Information Server
  11. Managing Hyper-V
  12. Managing Azure
  13. Using Desired State Configuration
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78712-640-4
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2017 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 660
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Programming and languages
BISAC subjects:
COM046050,
COM088020,
COM051380
Thema subjects:
ULD,
UTE,
UMP

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