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With Due Respect To Mr. Bryce

Gurbinder Sharma
MCP
                    Feb 2010
Improvements in Windows Server 2008
management tools
  Server Manager
  Event Viewer
  PowerShell
Demos
Links and Resources
When you configure your server you need
to use many tools, for example:
  Windows Server 2003 Setup
  Post-Setup Security Updates
  Manage Your Server
  Configure Your Server Wizard
  Add/Remove Windows Components
  Computer Management
  Security Configuration Wizard
Initial Configuration Tasks
  Opens right after the server’s installation is
  complete
Server Manager
  Allows a daily, one-stop-shop management
  point for the server
  Unifies the functionality of multiple earlier
  tools in a single, simple, MMC-based user
  interface
Postpone configuration tasks until
installation is complete
Exposes the tasks necessary to
complete setup and get the server
operational
Shorten the time between OS
installation and deployment of the
server
Unified experience for configuring Windows
Server 2008
  Steps the user through adding and removing
  server roles and features securely
Portal for ongoing management
  Displays server status, exposes key
  management tasks, and guides the user to
  advanced tools
Automation from the command-line
  Provides a command-line interface for
  scripted installations
Services or software that allow the server
to perform a specific function (18 in RC0)
Describe the primary function, purpose or
use of the server
A server may perform multiple roles
You can install multiple roles in one session
No need to re-run Security Configuration
Manager
Automation is easy
Examples of Windows Server 2008 Roles:
   Active Directory Certificate Services
   Active Directory Domain Services
   Active Directory Federation Services
   Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
   Application Server
   DHCP Server
   DNS Server
   Fax Server
   File Services
   Network Policy and Access Services
   Print Services
   Terminal Services
   Web Server
   Windows Deployment Services
   Windows Server Virtualization
   Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (New!)
Programs that support or augment the
functionality of a role
Some examples
  Failover Clustering
  BitLocker
  GPMC
  RPC Proxy
  SMTP Services
  SNMP Services
  WINS (oh yes…)
  Desktop Experience (oh no…)
Provides a very powerful tool that allows for
automation of installation and removal of roles
and features in Windows Server 2008
   ServerManagerCmd.exe –query c:myQuery.xml

   ServerManagerCmd.exe –install Web-Server –whatIf –logPath
   c:Web-Server-Log.txt

   ServerManagerCmd.exe –install GPMC

   ServerManagerCmd.exe –remove DHCP

   ServerManagerCmd.exe –install PowerShell –resultPath
   c:PSInstall.xml –logPath –c:PSInstallLog.txt
Event Viewer Console
   Complete rewrite for Windows Vista & Windows Server 2008
   Improved organization, integration, filtering, and searching
Event Logs
   Viewable and exportable to XML
   Channels for administrative events, global view across logs
Events
   Notifications and user-defined actions on events
   Richer online event information
Event Forwarding
   Consolidate events remotely
…
Revolutionary interactive shell and
scripting language
  Based on .NET
  New set of built-in tools (~130)
  New language to take advantage of .NET
    An “object-based” pipeline view
  Can continue to use current tools
  Can continue to use current instrumentation
  (COM, ADSI, WMI, ADO, XML, Text, …)
Do I need to learn .NET before I can use
PowerShell?
  No - you can continue to use existing tools
Do I need to rewrite all my existing tools?
  No - existing tools will run just fine
Do I need to learn the new language?
  No - You can easily run existing commands
  without modification
  Many Linux commands work… try them…
Commands are built with logic
  Verb-noun

Some good starters
  Get-Help
  Get-Command | more
  Get-Command | sort-object noun | format-
  table -group noun
  Get-Alias | more
  Get-Help stop-service -detailed | more
Online help is full of examples
Many books and documentation are
available already
  Microsoft Press – Microsoft Windows
  PowerShell Step By Step
  Manning – Windows PowerShell in Action
  Sams – Windows PowerShell Unleashed
  Sapien Press – Microsoft Windows PowerShell
  TechNet - Scripting with Windows PowerShell
Get v1.0 from the Download Center for:
    Windows XP SP2
    Windows Server 2003 SP2
    Windows Vista
    Windows Server 2008 RC0 (no need to d/l,
    available as a feature)
Downloading and Installing Windows PowerShell Version 1.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/msh/download.mspx


Version 2.0 is CTP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/pshell2.mspx
Evaluate Windows Server 2008
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/2008/bb405966.aspx
Windows Server 2008 Technical Library
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/2008/default.aspx
Windows Server 2008 Webcasts & Chats
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx
Windows Server 2008 Product Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/evaluation/overview.mspx
Server Manager
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/servermanager/default.mspx
Scripting with Windows PowerShell
www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx
What Can I Do With Windows PowerShell?
www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/msh/cmdlets/index.mspx
Windows Server 2008 Virtual Labs
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx?tab=virtuallabs
Windows Server 2008 management tools:
  Make it easier to manage a server
  Allow for faster deployment
  Allow for easy automation
  Show you the information YOU need, WHEN
  you need it, and WHERE you need it
  PowerShell has Power!
  There is much more…
    WinRM, RSAT, RDP, GPMC, Task Manager,
    Scheduled Tasks, Reliability Center, Backup…
Improvements in Windows Server 2008
management tools
  Server Manager
  Event Viewer
  PowerShell
Demos
Links and Resources
Daniel Petri
                                                     dpetri@johnbryce.co.il




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