AutomateWindowsservertaskswiththepowerfulfeaturesofthePowerShellLanguageKeyFeatures*LeveragePowerShelltoautomatecomplexWindowsservertasks*MasternewfeaturessuchasDevOps,andcontainers,andspeeduptheirperformanceusingPowerShell*ImprovePowerShell'susability,andcontrolandmanageWindows-basedenvironmentsbyworkingthroughexcitingrecipesBookDescriptionWindowsServer2019representsthelatestversionofMicrosoft’sflagshipserveroperatingsystem.ItalsocomeswithPowerShellVersion5.1andhasanumberofadditionalfeaturesthatITprosfinduseful.ThebookhelpsthereaderlearnhowtousePowerShellandmanagecoreroles,features,andservicesofWindowsServer2019.YouwillbeginwithcreatingaPowerShellAdministrativeEnvironmentthathasupdatedversionsofPowerShellandtheWindowsManagementFramework,updatedversionsofthe.NETFramework,andthird-partymodules.Next,youwilllearntousePowerShelltosetupandconfigureWindowsServer2019networkingandalsomanagingobjectsintheADenvironment.Youwillalsolearntosetupahosttoutilizecontainersandhowtodeploycontainers.YouwillalsobeimplementingdifferentmechanismsforachievingdesiredstateconfigurationalongwithgettingwellversedwithAzureinfrastructureandhowtosetupVirtualMachines,websites,andsharedfilesonAzure.Finally,youwillbeusingsomepowerfultoolsyoucanusetodiagnoseandresolveissueswithWindowsServer2019.Bytheendofthebook,youwilllearnalotoftripsandtrickstoautomateyourwindowsenvironmentwithPowerShellWhatyouwilllearn*PerformkeyadmintasksonWindowsServer2019*EmployingbestpracticesforwritingPowerShellscriptsandconfiguringWindowsServer2019*Usethe.NETFrameworktoachieveadministrativescripting*SetupVMs,websites,andsharedfilesonAzure*Reportsystemperformanceusingbuilt-incmdletsandWMItoobtainsinglemeasurements*KnowthetoolsyoucanusetodiagnoseandresolveissueswithWindowsServerWhothisbookisforIfyouareasystemsadministrator,engineer,oranarchitectworkingwithWindowsServer2016interestedinupgradingtoWindowsServer2019andautomatingtaskswithPowerShell,thenthisbookisforyou.AbasicknowledgeofPowerShellisexpected.