Configuring

Windows
Server 2019
Module 2

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 Learning Objectives
After completing this module, you should be able to:
• Use Server Manager to monitor and manage Windows Server
systems
• Configure server hardware devices
• Use the System File Checker and Sigverif to verify system files
• Configure key Windows Server components within Control Panel
and Device Manager
• Identify the components, features, and usage of Windows
PowerShell

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 Working with Server Manager

• Used to monitor and manage several different Windows Server systems

• Server Manager Dashboard panes
− Dashboard section at the top
− Welcome to Server Manager pane
− Roles and Server Groups pane
• Dashboard uses various colors and icons
• Additional Server Manager panes
− Events, Services, Best Practices Analyzer, Performance, Roles and Features
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 Adding Roles and Features Using Server
Manager
• Three different ways to add roles and features within Server Manager
− Selecting Add roles and features from the Welcome to Server Manager pane
within the Dashboard section
− Selecting Add Roles and Features from the Manage menu
− Selecting Add Roles and Features from the Tasks menu within the Roles and
Features pane for a server or server role
• Starting the installation of a role is the same for all three methods
− Use the Add Roles and Features Wizard

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 Configuring Server Hardware Devices

• Many types of hardware devices

• Plug and Play (PnP)
− Operating system works with hardware devices to automatically detect and
configure recently installed hardware to work with the operating system
• Simple PnP device installation process
− Attach device
− Wait for Windows Server 2019 to detect it
− Install appropriate device drivers

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 Adding Hardware Using Control Panel

• Devices and Printers utility

− Force the operating system to detect and install new PnP hardware
− Install non-PnP hardware
− Troubleshoot problems you might be having with existing hardware
• Start Devices and Printers utility from the Control Panel
− Two views: Category view or Classic view
• Sample tasks
− Add device, display device, troubleshoot device
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 Using Device Manager

• Device Manager shows all devices on the system

• Open Device Manager from Control Panel to update a device driver
− Generic or Unknown devices require updated drivers for full functionality
− PnP hardware resource must be considered to prevent conflicts
 Interrupt Request (IRQ) line, Input/Output (I/O) address, reserved
memory range
• Can check for a resource conflict and examine other device properties
− Device Properties box has four tabs to review

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 Verifying System Files

• System file signatures can become invalid

− Overwritten, corrupted, modified by malware
• System File Checker
− Scans system files for integrity
− Replaces damaged or overwritten files with the proper version
• File Signature Verification tool (Sigverif)
− A scan-only tool that determines if files have a signature
− Output written to a log file called [Link]
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 Configuring Windows Settings

• Configurable elements of the operating system

− Startup and recovery options
− Power options

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 Configuring Performance Options

• Configuring file caching

• File caching turned on by default
− Speeds up the time it takes to read from or write to a disk
• Flushing
− Freeing memory used for cached data after data written to disk
• Can turn off caching and flushing to easily hot swap a drive
− Server can seem slower to users
− May lose data during hot swap while the server is in use
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 Configuring Power Options

• Power options that can be set

− Select a power plan
− Choose what the power button does
− Create a power plan
− Choose when to turn off the display
• Three power plans
− Balanced, Power saver, and High performance

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 Working with Windows PowerShell

• Supports MS-DOS shell output redirection (>>) and command chaining (;)
• Most commands run within PowerShell will consist of cmdlets
• Piping (|) sends information between cmdlets to build more complex commands
or filters output to display only the desired output
• Many cmdlets options
− –whatif, –confirm, -verbose, -debug, -erroraction
• PowerShell supports special navigation keys and key combinations
• PowerShell’s features provide additional functionality or increase efficiency
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 Working with Windows PowerShell

• Customizing Windows PowerShell sessions

− Change Windows PowerShell session’s look or how it is executed
− Provide specific options to the PowerShell command
− Creating a PowerShell console file that has a .psc1 extension
• Aliases and functions
− Alias is a command shortcut that makes navigating and using Windows
PowerShell easier
− Functions can execute multiple cmdlets

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 Working with Windows PowerShell

• PowerShell profile scripts

− Alias and function commands placed in a PowerShell profile script
− Automatically executed every time Windows PowerShell started for the user
− Must first enable script execution before making the script
− Edit PowerShell profile using the command notepad $profile within
PowerShell
• Modifying command output
− Pipe output, -recurse option, Sort-Object, Group-Object,
ConvertTo-HTML, Export-CSV
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 System Administration Commands

• PowerShell can be used for many tasks

− Post-installation tasks
− View, install, and remove Windows roles and features
− Configure and troubleshoot the network and configure firewall settings
− Manage services and processes
− Perform remote administration of computers within a domain environment
• Cmdlets allow an administrator to specify the computer name for a task
• Can execute a PowerShell script on several computers within a domain
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 Working with Windows PowerShell
Table 2-1: Cmdlets
that can be used
with any
PowerShell
provider

Cmdlet Alias DOS UNIX/Linux Description

Get-Location gl,pwd pwd ls Display current directory/

location
Set-Location sl,cd,chdir cd,chdir cd Change current directory/
location
Copy-Item cpi,copy,cp copy cp Copy files/items from one
location to another
Remove-Item ri,del del rm Remove file/item

Move-Item mi,move,mv move mv Move file/item

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 Working with Windows PowerShell
Table 2-1: Cmdlets
that can be used
with any
PowerShell
provider

Cmdlet Alias DOS UNIX/Linux Description

Rename-Item ren,rni rn mv Rename file/item

New-Item ni Create new file/item

Clear-Item cli Clears the contents of a file/

item
Set-Item si Sets the contents of a file/
item
Get-Content gc,type,cat type cat Views the contents of a file/
item

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