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You're reading from Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789808537

Length 542 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

PowerShell

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Thomas Lee

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Establishing a PowerShell Administrative Environment FREE CHAPTER

2. Managing Windows Networking

3. Managing Windows Active Directory

4. Managing Windows Storage

5. Managing Shared Data

6. Managing Windows Update

7. Managing Printing

8. Introducing Containers

9. Managing Windows Internet Information Server

10. Managing Desired State Configuration

11. Managing Hyper-V

12. Managing Azure

13. Managing Performance and Usage

14. Troubleshooting Windows Server

Index

Installing Windows Update Services

WSUS is a feature within Windows Server 2019. To use Windows Update Services, you first install the WSUS Windows feature and then do basic configuration and setup. In this recipe, you install WSUS and review the results of that installation.

Getting ready

This recipe uses the WSUS1 server, a member server in the Reskit.Org domain. At the start of this recipe, WSUS1 has no additional features or software loaded.

How to do it...

Install the Windows Update feature and tools:

$IFHT = @{
  Name                   = 'UpdateServices' 
  IncludeManagementTools = $true
}
Install-WindowsFeature @IFHT

Determine the features installed on the WSUS1 server after installation of WSUS:
```
Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object Installed
```

Create a folder for WSUS update content:

$WSUSDir = 'C:\WSUS'
If (-Not (Test-Path -Path $WSUSDir -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
    {New-Item -Path $WSUSDir -ItemType Directory| Out-Null}

Perform post-installation configuration using WsusUtil.Exe:
```
$CMD ...
```

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