INSTANT Windows PowerShell

By Vinith Menon

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. A practical, hands-on tutorial approach that explores the concepts of PowerShell in a friendly manner, taking an adhoc approach to each topic.If you are an administrator who is new to PowerShell or are looking to get a good grounding in these new features, this book is ideal for you. It’s assumed that you will have some experience in PowerShell and Windows Server, as well being familiar with the PowerShell command-line.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Release date: Oct 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781849688758

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1. Instant Windows PowerShell

So, what is new in PowerShell 3.0?

Installation

Step 1 – what do I need?

Step 2 – downloading and installing Windows Management Framework

Step 3 – verifying that you have PowerShell v3 installed

And that's it

Quick start – configuring the default security policy in PowerShell

Top 7 features you need to know about

Using PowerShell for file and folder management in Windows Server Environment

Learning how to use PowerShell Web Access to manage your Windows Server Environment anywhere, anytime, and on any device

Step 1 — installing Windows PowerShell Web Access

Step 2 – configuring Windows PowerShell Web Access

Learning how to secure and sign the scripts you write using script signing

Learning how to manage the Active Directory environment

Resetting a user password

Disabling and Enabling a user account

Unlocking a user account

Deleting a user account

Working with groups

Adding members to a group

Enumerating the members of a group

Finding obsolete computer accounts

Disabling a computer account

Learning about the features included in the Microsoft.PowerShell.Security module

Learning how to use PowerShell to administer the PKI environment

Learning how to use the BPA module to analyze the security integrity of a system as per Microsoft standards

People and places you should get to know

Official sites

Articles and tutorials

Blogs

Twitter

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