Automating Windows Server 2008 Administration

What You'll Learn

• Video 1: Introduction|06:17

  Course overview

• Video 2: Windows PowerShell v2 Crash Course|25:06

  A quick reminder of how to use Windows PowerShell, including the pipeline, cmdlets, and help. This is just a refresher; view CBT Nuggets: On The Job Training Series: Windows PowerShell if you'd like a full course on PowerShell fundamentals.

• Video 3: Active Directory Automation, Part 1|22:06

  Learn to automate key tasks in AD, including bulk user creation, user updating, group membership, and more. You'll also learn about the AD security model within PowerShell, and how to use pipeline parameter binding to make bulk operations as simple as connecting two commands.

• Video 4: Active Directory Automation, Part 2|24:27

  Learn to automate key tasks in AD, including bulk user creation, user updating, group membership, and more. You'll also learn about the AD security model within PowerShell, and how to use pipeline parameter binding to make bulk operations as simple as connecting two commands.

• Video 5: AppLocker Automation|24:53

  Learn to profile, use, and configure the new AppLocker feature from within the shell.

• Video 6: BITS File Transfer Automation|22:52

  Automate background uploads and downloads, and manage active downloads.

• Video 7: Group Policy Automation|17:21

  Link GPOs, create new GPOs, and even modify individual settings within a GPO. You'll also learn to report on GPO contents, compare GPOs, backup and restore GPOs, and more.

• Video 8: Server Manager Automation|24:52

  Use the shell to add and remove roles, create feature baseline reports, and compare features/roles to a previously-created baseline for configuration management.

• Video 9: Working with the Best Practices Module|13:11

  Learn to run and view Best Practices Analyzer reports from the command-line - including how to automate BPA batch reporting.

• Video 10: Working with the PSDiagnostics and Troubleshooting Modules|25:19

  Use PowerShell to troubleshoot and solve common tasks - you'll even see how to use PowerShell remoting to solve tasks on remote client computers.

• Video 11: Internet Information Services Automation|25:38

  Learn to use IIS cmdlets and the IIS: drive to automate key IIS tasks, such as creating new Web sites, changing site settings, and more.

• Video 12: Hyper-V Automation|18:43

  Learn to use freely-available Hyper-V cmdlets to automate key virtualization tasks, such as provisioning new virtual machines.

• Video 13: Remote Desktop Services Automation|18:36

  See how to use the shell to automate important RDS/Terminal Services tasks, such as listener provisioning and configuration.

• Video 14: Failover Cluster Administration|11:50

  Learn to use PowerShell cmdlets to manage, provision, and configure Cluster Service resources and resource groups.

• Video 15: Automating Server Backup, AD Rights Management Services, Web Services for Management, and Network Load Balancing|20:09

  The "Everything Else" nugget - learn to use Windows Server Backup, configure AD RMS, configure WS-MAN/WinRM, and even configure NLB - all from within the shell console.