PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook -- Table of Contents -- PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook -- Credits -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgement -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with PowerShell -- Working with pipelines -- Viewing the object structure -- Using format cmdlets to change the output view -- Using cmdlets to redirect data -- Variables and objects -- Using variables to store objects -- Getting CIM objects -- Listing CIM classes -- Displaying details of the CIM classes -- Creating .NET and COM objects -- Looping and flow control -- Comparison and logical operators -- Conditional statements -- Using switches to manage large conditional statements -- Repeat operations with loops -- The for statement -- The foreach statement -- Nested loops -- Lists, arrays, and hash tables -- Operating script block -- Defining script blocks -- Passing parameters and returning values -- Functions -- Scripts -- Creating scripts -- Invoking scripts -- Passing parameters -- Return values -- Developing and maintaining script libraries -- Discovering what's new in Windows PowerShell 3.0 -- Windows PowerShell Web Access (PSWA) -- How PSWA works -- Installing and configuring Windows PowerShell Web Access -- Step 1 - installing the Windows PowerShell Web Access Windows feature -- Step 2 - configuring Windows PowerShell Web Access Gateway -- Step 3 - configuring the PowerShell Web Access authorization rules.

Signing in to PowerShell Web Access -- Auto-loading of modules -- Online and updatable Help -- Scheduled jobs -- The Show-Command cmdlet -- Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) -- IntelliSense -- Script snippets -- How to use snippets -- How to create/add new snippets -- Add-on tools -- Autosave and restart manager -- PowerShell remoting -- Disconnected session -- Remoting on a public network -- The custom session configuration file -- Windows PowerShell Workflow (PSW) -- Creating a workflow using PowerShell -- Controlling PowerShell Workflow execution -- Summary -- 2. Developing Snap-ins for PowerShell -- Creating a PowerShell snap-in -- Writing a PowerShell snap-in -- Creating a new class library project -- Creating a PowerShell installer class -- Creating a class file to include several PowerShell cmdlets -- Declaring cmdlet parameters -- Declaring parameter sets -- Validating the parameter inputs -- Validating the argument set -- Validating the argument range -- Validating the argument pattern -- Validating the argument length -- Validating the argument count -- Overriding methods -- Registering and removing a PowerShell snap-in -- Registering and removing snap-in in PowerShell 1.0 -- Registering and removing a snap-in in PowerShell 3.0 -- Listing and executing cmdlets in a PowerShell snap-in -- Debugging a PowerShell snap-in -- Summary -- 3. Using PowerShell Remoting -- An overview of PowerShell remoting -- Enabling/disabling remoting -- Operating PowerShell in a no-domain environment -- Setting the network location to Private -- Enable PSRemoting -- Configuring WSMan trusted hosts -- Configuring PowerShell remoting on a domain using Group Policy -- Allowing remote server management through WinRM -- Allowing Windows Remote Management through Windows Firewall -- Turning on Service Windows Remote Management (WS-Management).

Doing a Group Policy Update -- Disabling remoting -- Executing the remoting commands -- Running ScriptBlock on a remote computer -- Creating a persistent session with Invoke-Command -- Running remote commands as a job -- Specifying credentials required for remoting -- Entering an interactive remoting session -- Exiting an interactive session -- Using a persistent session with interactive remoting -- Starting interactive remoting with an existing session -- Disconnecting and reconnecting sessions -- Saving a remote session to a disk -- Exporting a remote session to a module on a disk -- Importing a module saved on a disk -- Limitations of Export-PSSession -- Using session configurations -- Creating a new session configuration -- Listing available session configurations -- Custom permissions and PS session configurations -- Invoking a custom session configuration -- Disabling a session configuration -- Deleting a session configuration -- Summary -- 4. Extending Windows PowerShell -- Introduction to Windows PowerShell modules -- PowerShell module types -- Script modules -- Binary modules -- Manifest modules -- Dynamic modules -- The PSModulePath environment variable -- Viewing the PSModulePath variable -- Adding locations to the PSModulePath variable -- Importing PowerShell modules -- Removing PowerShell modules -- Reloading PowerShell modules -- Writing a PowerShell module -- Creating script modules -- Binary modules -- Manifest modules -- Dynamic modules -- Storing modules on a disk -- Working with multiple versions of modules -- Checking PowerShell module dependencies -- Signing PowerShell modules -- Execution policies -- Changing the execution policy -- Script signing background -- Setting up a self-signed certificate -- Signing a module -- Summary -- 5. Managing Core Infrastructure with PowerShell.

Preparing the operating system for first time use -- Task 1 - changing the computer name -- Task 2 - changing the time zone settings -- Task 3 - setting the Network Interface Card (NIC) configuration -- Task 4 - managing Windows Server roles and features -- Example 1 -- Example 2 -- Deploying the Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) role -- Scenario 1 - installing a new Active Directory Forest -- Scenario 2 - installing a new domain in an existing forest -- Scenario 3 - installing a new domain controller in an existing domain -- Managing and configuring the Domain Name System (DNS) role -- Task 1 - configuring DNS server resource records -- Task 2 - creating primary forward and reverse lookup zones -- Task 3 - adding a DNS server forwarder -- Task 4 - exporting DNS server zones -- Deploying and configuring the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) role -- Task 1 - installing the DHCP server role -- Task 2 - setting up the DHCP server scope -- Task 3 - configuring DHCP scope options -- Task 4 - configuring DHCP scope exclusion -- Task 5 - configuring DHCP scope reservations -- Task 6 - authorizing the DHCP server in Active Directory -- Managing Windows Firewall -- Task 1 - enabling or disabling Windows Firewall profiles -- Task 2 - creating Windows Firewall rules -- Example 1 -- Example 2 -- Using the Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) -- Task 1 - displaying the list of best practice models -- Task 2 - invoking a best practice model -- Task 3 - showing the best practice model result -- Summary -- 6. Managing Active Directory with PowerShell -- Active Directory-related concepts -- Introduction to Active Directory -- Namespace -- Object -- Container -- Trees -- Domain -- Installing an Active Directory Domain Service (ADDS) -- New AD server roles in Windows 2012 -- Active Directory Certificate Services -- Active Directory Domain Services.

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services -- Active Directory Rights Management Services -- Managing Active Directory with PowerShell -- Account management -- User management -- Creating an AD User -- Setting a user account to Expire -- Forcing a user to change the password at the next login -- Preventing users from changing the password -- Computer management -- Joining a computer to a domain -- Renaming a computer -- Group management -- Viewing group permissions -- Creating a group -- Adding and removing members of a group -- Organizational unit management -- Creating a new organizational unit -- Listing organizational units -- Renaming an organizational unit -- Modifying an organizational unit -- Moving an organizational unit -- Deleting an organizational unit -- Domain controller management -- Finding a domain controller -- Finding a domain controller's site -- Finding the global catalog servers in a forest -- Summary -- 7. Managing the Server with PowerShell -- Working with Server Manager cmdlets -- Adding roles or features by using PowerShell -- Advantages of PowerShell cmdlets for Server Manager -- Managing networking using PowerShell -- Managing Group Policy with PowerShell -- Importing a GroupPolicy module -- Creating GPOs with PowerShell -- Managing IIS with PowerShell -- Creating a new website -- Modifying IIS binding -- Creating an FTP site -- Creating a virtual directory -- Creating a WebAppPool -- Backing up and restoring WebConfiguration -- Managing a DNS server using PowerShell -- Managing Hyper-V with PowerShell -- Installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 -- Creating a virtual machine -- Starting and stopping a virtual machine -- Modifying a virtual machine -- Operating a virtual machine snapshot -- Managing AppLocker with PowerShell -- Importing the AppLocker PowerShell module -- Retrieving application information.

Retrieving an AppLocker policy.