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Windows for Infra

Where It Appears

  • Active Directory and corporate infrastructure
  • desktop fleets
  • hybrid networks
  • Azure-centric environments
  • IIS, MSSQL, and PowerShell automation

Basic Tools

  • PowerShell
  • Windows Terminal
  • Event Viewer
  • Services
  • Task Scheduler
  • ipconfig, route print, nslookup, Test-NetConnection

Common Commands

Get-ComputerInfo
Get-Service
Get-Process
Get-NetIPConfiguration
Get-NetTCPConnection
Test-NetConnection example.com -Port 443
Resolve-DnsName example.com
ipconfig /all

Practice

  • For automation, PowerShell is almost always better than legacy CMD or batch.
  • In mixed environments, it is important to understand both Windows event logs and Linux journald.