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A learning guide to get you started with PowerShell DSC.Key Features- Create flexible and maintainable deployments using DSC configuration scripts that stand the test of time.- Explore the core architecture, concepts, and practices in depth.- Learning PowerShell DSC is a step-by-step guide that shows you how to start using and taking advantage of PowerShell DSC along with configuring and deploying applications.Book DescriptionThe main goal of this book is to teach you to configure, deploy, and manage your system using the new features of PowerShell v5/v6 DSC. This book begins with the basics of PowerShell Desired State Configuration, covering its architecture and components. It familiarizes you with the set of Windows PowerShell language extensions and new Windows PowerShell commands that make up DSC. Then it helps you create DSC custom resources and work with DSC configurations with the help of practical examples. Finally, it describes how to deploy configuration data using PowerShell DSC. Throughout this book, we will be focusing on concepts such as building configurations with parameters, the local configuration manager, and testing and restoring configurations using PowerShell DSC. By the end of the book, you will be able to deploy a real-world application end-to-end and will be familiar enough with the powerful Desired State Configuration platform to achieve continuous delivery and efficiently and easily manage and deploy data for systems. What you will learn- Explore PowerShell Desired State Configuration and activities around it, including the need for configuration management and abstraction.- Create reusable DSC configurations and debug/ troubleshoot configuration files.- Learn about the PowerShell DSC architecture with the help of push-and-pull management and workflows.- Define DSC configuration scripts and data files and push DSC configuration files remotely and locally.- Validate DSC Pull Server install and register target nodes with a DSC Pull Server.- Learn about DSC Cross Platform and install PowerShell on Linux and macOS along with real-life DSC uses and different types of deployment.Who this book is forIf you are a system administrator, developer, or engineer and are responsible for configuration management and automation, then this book is for you. IT professionals who wish to learn PowerShell Desired State Configuration for the efficient management, configuration, and deployment of systems will also find this book useful.

Use the latest tools to manage and automate tasks on Microsoft's SharePoint platform. You will achieve time and cost savings, increase reliability of deployments, and learn how to safely and efficiently migrate from a previous version, all while gaining valuable skills in PowerShell scripting.Authors Nik Charlebois-Laprade and John Edward Naguib begin by explaining the fundamental concepts behind the PowerShell language. Then, with copious real-world examples and scripts, they introduce PowerShell operations in the context of deploying, migrating, managing, and monitoring SharePoint 2016.What You'll LearnWhat's New in this Edition?Learn about the new SharePoint 2016 capabilities and min roleExtend the default set of available PowerShell cmdlets for SharePoint 2016 by creating your own reusable Cmdlet functions with PowerShell 5.0Upgrade your on-premises SharePoint 2013 environment to SharePoint 2016using PowerShellWho This Book Is ForAdministrators, developers, and DevOps engineers working with SharePoint 2016. No experience with PowerShell is required.

Get started with the fundamentals of PowerShell DSC and utilize its power to automate deployment and configuration of your servers Key FeaturesBook DescriptionWindows PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. PowerShell DSC is a new management platform that enables you to deploy and manage configuration data for software services and manage the environment in which these services run. This book begins with an overview of the basics of PowerShell DSC by covering the architecture and components of the Desired Sate Configuration. It will then familiarize you with the set of PowerShell language extensions and new PowerShell commands. It will help you understand and create DSC configurations with the help of practical examples, and to create DSC custom resources for your custom applications. Finally, you will learn to deploy a real world application using PowerShell DSC. By the end of the book, you will have better knowledge about the powerful Desired State Configuration platform, which helps you to achieve continuous delivery, and efficient management and easy deployment of data for systems.What you will learnUnderstand configuration management and why you need itCraft flexible, reusable, and maintainable configuration scripts for thousands of serversCreate custom DSC resources to manage any application or server settingApply configuration data to deploy applications to different environmentsUtilize DSC push deployments to test your configuration scripts and custom DSC resourcesInstall, configure and use DSC pull serversRun a Windows MSI packageDeploy a websiteWho this book is forThis book is intended for system administrators, developers, or engineers who are responsible for configuration management and automation and wish to learn PowerShell Desired State Configuration for efficient management, configuration and deployment of systems and applications.

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is written in a cookbook-style format and provides practical, immediately usable task-based recipes that show you how to manage and maintain your Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environment with Windows PowerShell 2.0. Each chapter of the book is written so that it can be used as a desktop reference, or it can be read from beginning to end, allowing you to build a solid foundation for building scripts in your Exchange environment. This book is for messaging professionals who want to learn how to build real-world scripts with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and the Exchange Management Shell. If you are a network or systems administrator responsible for managing and maintaining Exchange Server 2010, then this book is for you. The recipes in this cookbook touch on each of the core Exchange 2010 server roles and require a working knowledge of supporting technologies including Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, Active Directory, and DNS. This book covers the latest additions to Exchange Server 2010 including Service Pack 1. A basic understanding of Exchange Server 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0 is highly recommended.What you will learnGet to grips with the core PowerShell concepts required to master the Exchange Management Shell such as pipelining, working with objects, formatting output, and writing scripts Understand how to generate detailed reports, send the output of commands in e-mail messages, and schedule scripts to run automatically Build provisioning scripts that create mailboxes, contacts, and distribution groups in bulk Learn how to import, export, move mailboxes, and delete messages from mailboxes using the command line Manage mailbox and public folder databases Manage Database Availability Groups (DAGs) including installation, configuration, maintenance, and reporting Configure Transport server settings such as mail relay, tracking logs, transport rules, delivery reports, and more Discover how to manage Exchange 2010 security features such as mailbox and folder permissions and Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Configure audit compliance settings such as retention policies, personal archives, discover search, and administrator audit logging Monitor server resources including CPU, Memory, Disk, Event Logs, and more using PowerShellWho this book is for