Windows Server Classroom Notes – 26/Oct/2019

Windows Servers

• UseCases:

  • Active Directory
  • Exchange Servers
  • DNS Servers
  • SQL Servers
  • IIS Servers
  • Windows Docker Containers

• Scripting:

  • Batch Scripting:
    • executed from Windows DOS (Command) prompt
  • PowerShell Scripting:
    • Executed from Powershell

Lab Setup

• Windows 2016 Server Datacenter Edition: UI Edition of Server
  • Windows 2016 Server on AZure
  • Windows 2016 Server on AWS
  • Virtual Box: Create a VM with Windows 2016 Server
  • Hyper V: Create a VM with Windows 2016 Server
• Windows 2016 Server Nano Edition: CLI Edition of Server

Terms

• Process:
  • Any Running application needs system resources, Windows creates the Process for running applications and allocates the system resources.
  • Every Process has unique Id (PID)
• Windows Service:
  • Processes created by Windows, They run in the background
  • Launch run command and use services.msc
• Event Logs:
  • Run command (Windows+r) and enter eventvwr
  • All the System Logs are stored here
  • Some Applications might use this as the primary logging mechanism.
• Registry:
  • Key Value Database used by windows and custom applications
  • Run command and enter regedit
• Environment Variables:
  • System Level Environment Variables
  • User Level Environment Variables
  • PATH: Folders where windows searches when you run any command
• Server Manager:
  • Controller for installing Server Components
  • It is one place for Administration

PowerShell

• Already Pre-Installed by Microsoft.
• To know version of Powershell, Execute

$PSVersionTable

Cmd-Lets

• Syntax: Verb-Noun
• Examples:

Get-Process
Get-Items
New-Item
Delete-Item

• Searching-Cmdlets:

Get-Command '*-Processs'
Get-Help 'Get-Processes' -Online

PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration)

• DSC helps you maintain the state