Automating Microsoft

Automating

Microsoft®

Windows

Server®

2008 R2

with

Windows

PowerShell®

2.0

Matthew Hester

Sarah Dutkiewicz

WILEY

TABLE OF

CONTENTS

Introduction xvii

Chapter

1 What Is

PowerShell,

and

_Why

Do You Need It? 1

Why

PowerShell? 2

Overview of PowerShell 3 The Power Behind PowerShell 5 What About the

_Learning

Curve? 6

What's New in PowerShell2.0? 7 PowerShellinthe

_Enterprise

8

PowerShell withaGUI 10

PowerShell Has

_Something

forEveryone 13

What'sinIt for IT Professionals? 14

What's in It forDevelopers? 15

Chapter

2

_Installing

and

_Configuring

PowerShell 2.0 19

Configure

PowerShell2.0onWindows Server 2008 R2 20

Install the ISEonWindows Server 2008 R2 22

Install PowerShell 2.0onWindows Server 2008 R2 Core 24

Install .NET Framework

_Support

onWindows Server 2008 R2 Core 26

Install PowerShell 2.0onWindows Server 2008 R2 Core 26

Install PowerShell 2.0onOther

Operating

Systems 29

SetUpthe

_{Prerequisites}

29 Obtain and Install PowerShell 2.0 31

Chapter

3

PowerShell

GrammarLesson 37

Break Down PowerShell: A LessononCmdlets .38 Learn the Verbs 39 Learn the Nouns 40 Put Verbs and NounsTogether: Cmdlets 41 Use Parameters 42

Use Wildcards 45

UnderstandProperties 46

HelpYourself withPowerShell 48

Learn Howto_HelpYourself 48

UseTab_Autocomplete 53

LeverageOnline Resources 54 UseEven More Commands with Modules 55

Get to Know YourModules 58

CreateaCustomPowerShell Shell 60

Chapter

4

Aliases, Functions,

and

the

_Pipe,

Oh

_My!

65

Use Aliases 66 Use Built-in Aliases 67 Create Your Own Aliases 69 Use Functions 77

Understand Functions 78

Use

_Existing

Functions 79

CreateYourOwn Function 80

Work with the

_Pipe

_Operator 81 Usethe_{Pipe Operator}toCombine PowerShell Cmdlets 81

Control_{PowerShell Output} 82

Chapter

5

Creating Your Own

Scripts

97

Create Your OwnScripts 98

PowerShellScriptingOverview 99

CreateaPowerShell Script 100

Run YourScripts 106

Find Scripts 107

Understand

_Security

and PowerShell

_Scripts

108

Work with Default Execution

_Policy

of

_Scripts

109

Understand the

_RemoteSigned

PowerShellExecution

_Policy

110 Setthe PowerShellExecution

_Policy

111

UnderstandDigital Signing 116 Workwith theGUI and theShell 116 Understand Whatthe ISE Is 116

Use the ISE with

_Scripts

119

DisplaytheCall Stackwith_{Scripts Requiring}Parameters 123

Chapter

6

_Remoting

with

PowerShell

2.0 125

Configure PowerShell

Remoting

126

Learn theRequirements 126

Enable PowerShell

_Remoting

128

Disable PowerShell

_Remoting

133

Run Commandson Remote

_Systems

138

Use Invoke-Command 140 Use PowerShellRemoteSessions 140 UseRemotingintheISE 143

Chapter

7 Server Essentialsin

PowerShell

147

Work with ServerManagerCmdlets 148

Analyze

Your Server 150 Add

_Reliability

toYour Server 156 Install the

_Backup

Tools 156 Performa

Backup

with PowerShell 156 Load-BalanceYourNetwork 159

UseOther PowerShell Utilities fortheServer 163 UsetheRegistry with PowerShell 163

UsePowerShell

Troubleshooting

Packs 166

Schedule PowerShell Scripts 169

Chapter

8

_Managing

Active

_Directory

with PowerShell 173

Work with ActiveDirectory 174

Load the AD PowerShell Module 174

Understand PowerShell Active_DirectoryBasics 178

Work withUsers,

Groups,

and OUs 182

Understand

_Managed

Service Accounts 185

Understand

Managed

ServiceAccounts 185

Create

_Managed

Service Accounts 186

Install andUse

_Managed

ServiceAccounts 188

Work with the ActiveDirectory RecycleBin 189

Understand Howthe RecycleBin Works 190

Enable the ADRecycleBin 191 Use the AD RecycleBin 193

Chapter

9

_{Managing Desktops}

with PowerShell 197

Access

_{Group Policy}

198

Understand

_{Group Policy}

199

Understand How

_{Group Policy}

Works 200

Manage Group

Policy

2°1

Create_Group

_{Policy Objects}

204

Use StarterGPOs 206

Work withSettings 208

Understand the Difference BetweenPoliciesand Preferences 209 Work with Domain PasswordPolicies 210 Understand Order of Precedence 212 Control

_{Group Policy}

Order of Precedence 213 Work with RSOP 215

Back

_Up

andRestore_Group

_{Policy Objects}

216

Manage

AppLocker

217 Understand

_AppLocker

217

Understand_AppLocker

_Policy

218

Chapter

10

_Managing

IIS Web Server with PowerShell 223

Use PowerShell andIIS 224 Workwith

_{Configuration}

Files 225

Back_Upand Recover IIS_{Configuration} 229

DeployWebsites,ApplicationPools,andVirtualDirectories withPowerShell 231

ManageSites with PowerShell 231 WorkwithWeb_Application Pools 236 Work with Virtual Directories 240

Chapter

11

PowerShell and

_Deployment

Services 243

Work with Windows

_Deployment

Services 244

Understand WDS 245

Install WDS 246

Work withWDS inPowerShell 247

UseWDSUTIL 248

Workwiththe Microsoft

_Deployment

Toolkit 253

Understand the MDT 253

Deploy

withWindowsImagingFormat 254

InstallMDT 256

Workwith MDT in PowerShell 257 PutItAllTogether 265

Chapter

12 PowerShell

and

Virtualization 267

Install and Access

_Hyper-V

268

Install

_Hyper-V

269

Access

_Hyper-V

inPowerShell 270

Work with

_Hyper-V

276

Work with Virtual Networks 276

Configure

Virtual Machines 278

ConnecttoVirtual Machines 283

Work with

_Snapshots

285

Appendix

A Solutionsto Exercises 289

SolutionV.

_Inventory

Your_Scripts 290 Solution2:InstallPowerShell 290

Solution3: CreateaPowerShell Profile 290

Solution4: Create Your Own Alias 291

Solution5: CreateaScripttoFind

_{Startup Programs}

292

Solution6: Set_UpaRemote PowerShell Session 292

Solution7:CreateaScheduledBackupwith PowerShell 293

Solution 8:_PopulateanActive

Directory

TestEnvironment 293

Solution 9: Turn Off the

_Display

Control Panelin

_{Group Policy}

withPowerShell 295 Solution 10: CreateaWebsite with PowerShell 296

Solution11:Createa

Deployment

Share 296 Solution12:CreateaVirtual Machine andTakeaSnapshot 297

Appendix

B

_Developing

ata Command

Prompt

299

ChooseBetweentheISEand the CommandPrompt 300

Write Codeat aCommand Prompt 301

Write_Scriptsin theISE 302

Work with Objectsin PowerShell 304

UnderstandProperties 305

CreateYourOwn CustomObject 307

Appendix

C

_Providing

for

PowerShell 311

Work with Built-in Providers 312 Understand Provider Basics 313

UsePowerShell-SpecificProviders 314

Use Other Built-in Providers 317 Work with Additional Providers —322

Install and Remove Providers 322 CreateYourOwn Provider 323 UnderstandBasicProviderConcepts 323 BuildaCustom Provider 327

Appendix

D Custom

Cmdlets

and

Advanced Functions

339

Choose BetweenanAdvanced Function andaCmdlet 340

ParametersandAttributes 340

Output 346 Runtime LifeCycle 347 CreateanAdvanced Function 348

CreateaCustom Cmdlet 349

Appendix

E

_Packaging

PowerShell Extensions 357

Work with_Existing

_Snap-ins

358 CreateaCustomModule 361 Understand Module_Concepts 361 BuildYourModule 368

Appendix

F

_Building

Your

Own GUI

with PowerShell 379

Choose Between WinForms andWPF 380 CreateaGUI in PowerShell 381

CreateaWinForms

Application

385

CreateaWPF

Application

391