PowerShell for Administration, IT Pro Solutions

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William R Stanek, William Stanek, Jr

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Stanek & Associates
06 January 2021

Operating systems; Microsoft Windows; Linux; Windows programming; Macintosh programming

Series: It Pro Solutions

Finally, a hands-on, personalized guide to PowerShell that covers all release versions! This sturdy hardcover edition is perfect as a professional reference whether for home, office or collegiate use.

Practical and precise, this hands-on guide with ready answers is designed for IT professionals, whether for on-premises, hybrid or cloud support. Inside, you'll find expert insights, tips, tricks and workarounds that will show you how to make the most of PowerShell in the shortest amount of time possible. During the course of reading this book, you will master a number of complex topics, techniques, commands and functions.

PowerShell for Administration can be used with the companion book, PowerShell: IT Pro Solutions. While the companion book focuses on core PowerShell essentials, this book focuses on administration tasks, including:

Using PowerShell to manage Windows roles and features

Inventorying and evaluating computers using scripting

Working with PowerShell drives, directories and files

Reading and writing file contents

Getting and setting security descriptors

Creating access rules and taking ownership

Configuring file and directory auditing

Navigating the Windows Registry

Creating and managing registry keys

Comparing registry keys

Viewing and filtering event logs

Setting event log options

Writing custom events

Managing the state of system services

Configuring service options, such as logon and recovery

Joining computers to a domain

Renaming computers

Restarting or shutting down computers remotely

Enabling or disabling system restore

Creating and using checkpoints

Recovering from restore points

Examining running processes

Analyzing computer performance

Monitoring resource usage

About the Authors

William Stanek Sr. was Microsoft Press's top technical author for 20 years, and is widely recognized as a leading authority in Microsoft technologies. His more than 250 published works have been read by over 20 million people, translated into 50 languages, and are available in more than 100 countries.

William Stanek Jr. began his tech career as an intern at Stanek & Associates in 2007 and worked as a development and engineering lead for the company for many years. As a technologist, Will provided support, technical review, and made other contributions to a myriad of books written by William Stanek Sr. between 2010 and 2015. Since 2015 Will's direct written contributions to over a dozen books earned him cover credits as a contributor.

By: William R Stanek, William Stanek, Jr
Imprint: Stanek & Associates
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 721g
ISBN: 9781666000702
ISBN 10: 1666000701
Series: It Pro Solutions
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 06 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Stanek is the international bestselling author of over 200 books for Microsoft, Macmillan, Pearson Education and other leading publishers. Over the years, his practical advice has helped millions of programmers, developers, and network engineers all over the world. Dubbed 'A Face Behind the Future' in 1996 by The Olympian, William's been helping to shape the future of the written word for over two decades. William's 250th book was recently published. William Stanek Jr. is an IT Admin & Engineer, working for a Seattle-based company. He has contributed to dozens of technical books, including Windows PowerShell 6 (IT Pro Solutions).