Chapter 11. Inventorying Servers with PowerShell
This chapter covers the following topics:
- Inventorying hardware with PowerShell
- Inventorying the installed software
- Inventorying system configuration
- Reporting on system security
- Creating a change report
- Exporting a configuration report to Word
Introduction
This chapter explains how to inventory the hardware and software configurations of Windows 8 Servers and create a detailed inventory and configuration report. Additionally, this chapter will cover methods to track configuration changes over time, export the configuration report via Word. This chapter should cover everything necessary to create a centralized hardware and software inventory of all servers in the enterprise.
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