Automating Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Windows PowerShell® 2.0 -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 What Is PowerShell, and Why Do You Need It? -- Why PowerShell? -- Overview of PowerShell -- The Power Behind PowerShell -- What About the Learning Curve? -- What's New in PowerShell 2.0? -- PowerShell in the Enterprise -- PowerShell with a GUI -- PowerShell Has Something for Everyone -- What's in It for IT Professionals? -- What's in It for Developers? -- Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring PowerShell 2.0 -- Configure PowerShell 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 -- Install the ISE on Windows Server 2008 R2 -- Install PowerShell 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Core -- Install .NET Framework Support on Windows Server 2008 R2 Core -- Install PowerShell 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Core -- Install PowerShell 2.0 on Other Operating Systems -- Set Up the Prerequisites -- Obtain and Install PowerShell 2.0 -- Chapter 3 PowerShell Grammar Lesson -- Break Down PowerShell: A Lesson on Cmdlets -- Learn the Verbs -- Learn the Nouns -- Put Verbs and Nouns Together: Cmdlets -- Use Parameters -- Use Wildcards -- Understand Properties -- Help Yourself with PowerShell -- Learn How to Help Yourself -- Use Tab Autocomplete -- Leverage Online Resources -- Use Even More Commands with Modules -- Use and Understand Modules -- Get to Know Your Modules -- Create a Custom PowerShell Shell -- Chapter 4 Aliases, Functions, and the Pipe, Oh My! -- Use Aliases -- Use Built-in Aliases -- Create Your Own Aliases -- Use Functions -- Understand Functions -- Use Existing Functions -- Create Your Own Function -- Work with the Pipe Operator -- Use the Pipe Operator to Combine PowerShell Cmdlets -- Control PowerShell Output -- Chapter 5 Creating Your Own Scripts -- Create Your Own Scripts -- PowerShell Scripting Overview -- Create a PowerShell Script.

Run Your Scripts -- Find Scripts -- Understand Security and PowerShell Scripts -- Work with Default Execution Policy of Scripts -- Understand the RemoteSigned PowerShell Execution Policy -- Set the PowerShell Execution Policy -- Understand Digital Signing -- Work with the GUI and the Shell -- Understand What the ISE Is -- Use the ISE with Scripts -- Display the Call Stack with Scripts Requiring Parameters -- Chapter 6 Remoting with PowerShell 2.0 -- Configure PowerShell Remoting -- Learn the Requirements -- Enable PowerShell Remoting -- Disable PowerShell Remoting -- Run Commands on Remote Systems -- Use Invoke-Command -- Use PowerShell Remote Sessions -- Use Remoting in the ISE -- Chapter 7 Server Essentials in PowerShell -- Work with Your Server in PowerShell -- Work with Server Manager Cmdlets -- Analyze Your Server -- Add Reliability to Your Server -- Install the Backup Tools -- Perform a Backup with PowerShell -- Load-Balance Your Network -- Use Other PowerShell Utilities for the Server -- Use the Registry with PowerShell -- Use PowerShell Troubleshooting Packs -- Schedule PowerShell Scripts -- Chapter 8 Managing Active Directory with PowerShell -- Work with Active Directory -- Load the AD PowerShell Module -- Understand PowerShell Active Directory Basics -- Work with Users, Groups, and OUs -- Understand Managed Service Accounts -- Understand Managed Service Accounts -- Create Managed Service Accounts -- Install and Use Managed Service Accounts -- Work with the Active Directory Recycle Bin -- Understand How the Recycle Bin Works -- Enable the AD Recycle Bin -- Use the AD Recycle Bin -- Chapter 9 Managing Desktops with PowerShell -- Access Group Policy -- Understand Group Policy -- Understand How Group Policy Works -- Manage Group Policy -- Create Group Policy Objects -- Use Starter GPOs -- Work with Settings.

Understand the Difference Between Policies and Preferences -- Work with Domain Password Policies -- Understand Order of Precedence -- Control Group Policy Order of Precedence -- Work with RSOP -- Back Up and Restore Group Policy Objects -- Manage AppLocker -- Understand AppLocker -- Understand AppLocker Policy -- Configure AppLocker -- Chapter 10 Managing IIS Web Server with PowerShell -- Use PowerShell and IIS -- Work with Configuration Files -- Back Up and Recover IIS Configuration -- Deploy Websites, Application Pools, and Virtual Directories with PowerShell -- Manage Sites with PowerShell -- Work with Web Application Pools -- Work with Virtual Directories -- Chapter 11 PowerShell and Deployment Services -- Work with Windows Deployment Services -- Understand WDS -- Install WDS -- Work with WDS in PowerShell -- Use WDSUTIL -- Work with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit -- Understand the MDT -- Deploy with Windows Imaging Format -- Install MDT -- Work with MDT in PowerShell -- Put It All Together -- Chapter 12 PowerShell and Virtualization -- Install and Access Hyper-V -- Install Hyper-V -- Access Hyper-V in PowerShell -- Work with Hyper-V -- Work with Virtual Networks -- Configure Virtual Machines -- Connect to Virtual Machines -- Work with Snapshots -- Appendix A Solutions to Exercises -- Solution 1: Inventory Your Scripts -- Solution 2: Install PowerShell -- Solution 3: Create a PowerShell Profile -- Solution 4: Create Your Own Alias -- Solution 5: Create a Script to Find Startup Programs -- Solution 6: Set Up a Remote PowerShell Session -- Solution 7: Create a Scheduled Backup with PowerShell -- Solution 8: Populate an Active Directory Test Environment -- Solution 9: Turn Off the Display Control Panel in Group Policy with PowerShell -- Solution 10: Create a Website with PowerShell -- Solution 11: Create a Deployment Share.

Solution 12: Create a Virtual Machine and Take a Snapshot -- Appendix B Developing at a Command Prompt -- Choose Between the ISE and the Command Prompt -- Write Code at a Command Prompt -- Write Scripts in the ISE -- Work with Objects in PowerShell -- Understand Properties -- Create Your Own Custom Object -- Appendix C Providing for PowerShell -- Work with Built-in Providers -- Understand Provider Basics -- Use PowerShell-Specific Providers -- Use Other Built-in Providers -- Work with Additional Providers -- Install and Remove Providers -- Create Your Own Provider -- Understand Basic Provider Concepts -- Build a Custom Provider -- Appendix D Custom Cmdlets and Advanced Functions -- Choose Between an Advanced Function and a Cmdlet -- Parameters and Attributes -- Output -- Runtime Life Cycle -- Create an Advanced Function -- Create a Custom Cmdlet -- Appendix E Packaging PowerShell Extensions -- Work with Existing Snap-ins -- Create a Custom Module -- Understand Module Concepts -- Build Your Module -- Appendix F Building Your Own GUI with PowerShell -- Choose Between WinForms and WPF -- Create a GUI in PowerShell -- Create a WinForms Application -- Create a WPF Application -- Index.