Previous edition published: 2017. Includes index.

Establishing a PowerShell Administrative Environment -- Managing Windows Networking -- Managing Windows Active Directory -- Managing Windows Storage -- Managing Shared Data -- Managing Windows Update -- Managing Printing -- Introducing Containers -- Managing Windows Internet Information Server -- Managing Desired State Configuration -- Managing Hyper-V -- Managing Azure -- Managing Performance and Usage -- Troubleshooting Windows Server. Managing Filestore quotasUsing filesystem reporting; Chapter 5: Managing Shared Data; Introduction; Setting up and securing an SMB file server; Creating and securing SMB shares; Accessing data on SMB shares; Creating an iSCSI target; Using an iSCSI target; Configuring a DFS Namespace; Configuring DFS Replication; Chapter 6: Managing Windows Update; Introduction; Installing Windows Update Services; Configuring WSUS update synchronization; Configuring the Windows Update Client; Creating computer target groups; Configuring WSUS automatic approvals; Managing WSUS updates Chapter 7: Managing PrintingIntroduction; Installing and sharing printers; Publishing a printer; Changing the spool directory; Changing printer drivers; Printing a test page; Managing printer security; Creating a printer pool; Chapter 8: Introducing Containers; Introduction; Configuring a container host; Deploying a hello world sample; Deploying IIS in a container; Using a Dockerfile to create and use a container; Chapter 9: Managing Windows Internet Information Server; Introduction; Installing IIS; Configuring IIS for SSL; Managing TLS cipher suites; Configuring a central certificate store Configuring IIS bindingsManaging IIS logging and log files; Managing IIS applications and application pools; Analyzing IIS log files; Managing and monitoring Network Load Balancing; Chapter 10: Managing Desired State Configuration; Introduction; Using DSC and built-in resources; Parameterizing DSC configuration; Finding and installing DSC resources; Using DSC with resources from PS Gallery; Configuring the DSC local configuration manager; Implementing an SMB DSC pull server; Implementing a web-based DSC pull server; Using DSC partial configurations; Chapter 11: Managing Hyper-V; Introduction