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Automation and Remote Administration with Powershell
In this hands-on lab, you will gain experience using PowerShell remoting to manage Windows servers in your domain. You will discover how to securely manage servers individually and manage groups of servers with a single command, all from the comfort of your client desktop. PowerShell remoting has been available since version 2.0. In this lab, you will also learn how to use remoting with PowerShell 7 and understand the nuances of cross-version remote administration.
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Challenge
Configure and validate the remote administration environment for a secure network
Before using traditional Windows PowerShell remoting you might need to set it up or validate it. Traditional remoting utilizes the WSMan protocol and assumes a domain environment. You need to understand how to test and troubleshoot your PowerShell remoting environment.
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Execute distributed maintenance tasks using one-to-one and one-to-many remoting
While it isn't that difficult to use a remote desktop connection (RDP) to manage a Windows server remotely, this should be the exception rather than the rule. If PowerShell is going to be your primary management interface, you need to take advantage of its features and tools. You need to understand the tools and techniques for managing one or more servers remotely with PowerShell remoting.
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Manage persistent administrative sessions for efficient long-term automation
The benefit of using PowerShell for remote administration is that is you can accomplish a management task using PowerShell and command-line tools for one machine, you can just as easily do it for 10 or 100.
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Using remoting with PowerShell 7
Remoting with PowerShell 7 is very similar to using it in Windows PowerShell. However, there are a few subtle distinctions that you need to be aware of.
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