The book Troubleshooting Windows Server with PowerShell is intended for system administrators and IT employees who want to make changes to their work procedures. Our goal is for readers of this book to use it to solve everyday problems in real environments. The reality is that Powershell is here to stay, and it should be something that can be easily accessed, learned, and shared, and that’s the overall goal of this book.
From college graduates in their first career to corporate executives, the material in the book Troubleshooting Windows Server with PowerShell will help you learn how to use Powershell. Each chapter of this book is designed to address one of the components of Windows Server that will help you enhance your skills in relation to the Windows environment.
This book will help you use Powershell to quickly identify, diagnose, and troubleshoot Windows Server issues, reducing your need to use external tools.
In this book, you’ll learn how Powershell can help you:
- Learn Powershell alongside the GUI
- Collect logs of Windows events
- Gather information about the server including memory, hardware, configurations, and available disk space
- Find out what apps are installed on the server
- Find out what Windows updates are installed on your computer
- Check the processes running on the computer, gather information about them, and stop or run them with the command line
- Quickly check for running services and stop or run them if necessary.
Headlines:
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Managing the Windows Event Log
Chapter 3: Gathering and Reporting Detailed Information from a Computer
Chapter 4: Installed Applications
Chapter 5: Windows Update
Chapter 6: Manage Running Processes on a Target System
Chapter 7: Review and Manage Services with PowerShell
Chapter 8: Continuing to Learn As PowerShell Evolves
Specifications:
Authors: Derek Schauland, Donald Jacobs
Publisher: Apress
Year of publication: 2016
Number of Pages: 140
Size: 7.7 MB
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