PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 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
• 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

• Chapter 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
• 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

• Chapter 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

• Chapter 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

• Chapter 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

• Chapter 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
• Computer management
• 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

• Chapter 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
• Setting an AppLocker policy
• Generating rules for a given user or group
• Testing the AppLocker policy against a fileset
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Managing Unified Communication Environments with PowerShell
• What Exchange Management Shell is
• How to make Windows PowerShell understand Exchange Server cmdlets
• Option 1 – do it like EMS
• Option 2 – loading Exchange Server snap-ins
• Managing Exchange using PowerShell Remoting
• Getting started with Exchange scripting
• Scenario 1 – creating multiple mailboxes from CSV file
• Scenario 2 – creating a shared mailbox
• Scenario 3 – creating a resource (room/equipment) mailbox
• Scenario 4 – creating a distribution group
• Scenario 5 – defining a MailTip for a distribution group
• Scenario 6 – creating a dynamic distribution group
• Scenario 7 – creating multiple mailbox databases from a CSV file
• Scenario 8 – exporting mailboxes to PST files
• Scenario 9 – importing a mailbox from PST files
• Scenario 10 – hiding mailbox users from Global Address List (GAL)
• Scenario 11 – getting mailbox users who never accessed their mailboxes
• Scenario 12 – generating an organization mailbox statistics report
• Scenario 13 – generating a mailbox size report
• What Lync Server Management Shell is
• How to make PowerShell understand Lync Server cmdlets
• Loading a Lync Server module
• Managing Lync using PowerShell Remoting
• Getting started with Lync scripting
• Scenario 1 – enabling Lync to user accounts
• Scenario 2 – configuring IM file transfer filtering configuration
• Scenario 3 – configuring IM URL filtering
• Scenario 4 – bulk assignments of client PIN
• Scenario 5 – getting number of users using OCS/Lync
• Scenario 6 – setting the conference disclaimer
• Microsoft Office 365
• Office 365 and Windows PowerShell
• Managing Office 365 using PowerShell
• Managing Microsoft Exchange Online using PowerShell
• Summary

• Chapter 9: Managing Collaboration and Data Platforms with PowerShell
• What is SharePoint Management Shell
• How to make Windows PowerShell understand the SharePoint server cmdlets
• Getting started with SharePoint scripting
• Scenario 1 – creating a new site collection
• Scenario 2 – creating a new website
• Scenario 3 – creating a new quota template
• Scenario 4 – backing up your SharePoint environment
• Managing SharePoint Online using PowerShell
• How to load SharePoint Online Management Shell
• How to connect to SharePoint Online
• Scenario 1 – exporting a list of SharePoint Online sites to CSV
• Scenario 2 – restoring a deleted SharePoint Online site
• Scenario 3 – checking the SharePoint Online site's health status
• Scenario 4 – setting the SharePoint Online User as Site Collection Administrator
• Windows PowerShell Command Builder for SharePoint and Office 365
• What is SQL Server PowerShell
• How to load SQL Server PowerShell
• Method 1 – importing the SQL Server PowerShell module
• Method 2 – launching SQL Server PowerShell from SSMS
• Getting started with SQL Server scripting
• Scenario 1 – executing the T-SQL statement
• Scenario 2 – backing up the SQL Server database
• Scenario 3 – restoring the SQL Server database
• Scenario 4 – getting server instances and databases properties
• Scenario 5 – generating the SQL script for databases, tables, and stored procedures
• Summary

• Chapter 10: Managing Microsoft Desktop Virtualization with PowerShell
• What Desktop Virtualization is
• Understanding Desktop Virtualization components
• What Remote Desktop Services is
• Managing RDS using PowerShell
• Getting started with RDS scripting
• Scenario 1 – creating new RDS deployments
• Task 1.1 – creating a new virtual-machine-based deployment
• Task 1.2 – creating a new session-based deployment
• Scenario 2 – adding a Remote Desktop Server to an existing deployment
• Scenario 3 – adding and configuring an RD Gateway
• Scenario 4 – adding and configuring RD Licensing Server
• Scenario 5 – creating new RDS collections
• Task 5.1 – creating new session-based collections
• Task 5.2 – creating new VM-based collections
• Scenario 6 – setting session-based collection configuration
• Scenario 7 – setting VM-based collection configuration
• Scenario 8 – updating VM-based collections
• Scenario 9 – assigning Profile Disks to collections
• Scenario 10 – publishing Remote Desktop RemoteApp to collections
• Scenario 11 – configuring Remote Desktop Connection Broker for high availability
• Summary

• Chapter 11: Managing Microsoft Cloud Platform with PowerShell
• What Windows Azure is
• What Windows Azure PowerShell is
• Installing Windows Azure PowerShell
• Making Windows PowerShell understand Windows Azure cmdlets
• Connecting to your Windows Azure environment
• Getting started with Windows Azure scripting
• Scenario 1 – creating a new Azure Affinity Group
• Scenario 2 – creating a new Azure storage account
• Scenario 3 – assigning a storage account to an Azure subscription
• Scenario 4 – creating a new Azure Cloud Service
• Scenario 5 – creating a new SQL Azure Database Server
• Scenario 6 – creating a new SQL Azure database
• Scenario 7 – creating a new SQL Azure Database Server firewall rule
• Scenario 8 – provisioning the new Azure VM in Windows (quick mode)
• Scenario 9 – provisioning the new Azure VM in Linux (quick mode)
• Scenario 10 – provisioning the new Windows Azure VM (advanced mode)
• Scenario 11 – Adding a new endpoint to Windows Azure VM (NoLB)
• Scenario 12 – configuring the Windows Azure Virtual Machines load balancing (LB)
• Scenario 13 – creating and assigning a data disk to Windows Azure Virtual Machine
• Scenario 14 – moving the Local VHD to Windows Azure
• Scenario 15 – provisioning a new Windows Azure VM from a Disk
• Scenario 16 – creating Windows Azure Image from a VM
• Scenario 17 – exporting and importing Windows Azure VM
• Scenario 18 – starting, stopping, and restarting the Windows Azure VM
• Scenario 19 – uploading the certificate to Windows Azure
• Scenario 20 – generating the Azure Virtual Machine RDP file
• Summary

• Chapter 12: Integrating Windows PowerShell and System Center Orchestrator
• Completing your ITPA story with PowerShell and Orchestrator
• What System Center Orchestrator is
• Understanding Orchestrator workflows
• Orchestrator and PowerShell are better together
• Using PowerShell in Orchestrator workflow
• Using PowerShell to build Orchestrator Integration Packs
• Summary

• Index