2. In this session… Introduce what we’re talking about
- AWS and PowerShell
- Cloud and on-premise infrastructure management with AWS Systems Manager

3. AWS Tools for PowerShell
AWSPowerShell module
Supports PowerShell v2-v5 on Windows
AWSPowerShell.NetCore module
Supports PowerShell v6 on Windows, MacOS and Linux
Both support over APIs across 125 AWS services
Both available on the PowerShell Gallery
NEW! PowerShell module for use with AWS Lambda: AWSLambdaPSCore
Broad support for Windows platforms (server and desktop)
Server support currently extends as far back as Windows Server 2003
Cmdlet support between the two editions is high; currently only a handful of cmdlets not in NetCore module (which we’re looking at)
Extensive AWS API coverage
Recently launched module enabling use of PowerShell scripts in AWS Lambda

4. Demo Getting Started with the AWS Tools for PowerShell
Quick 5 min demo: install, configure and discover

5. AWS Systems Manager
AWS Systems Manager is an operational control tool built to help you manage infrastructure both in AWS and on premises.
Tools target work around:
Automation
State management
Security and auditing
Data visualization
Brief overview of the service and why you might want to use it
Can handle management across cloud and on-premise infrastructure
Sub-services which we’ll introduce next

6. AWS Systems Manager: Parameter Store
Allows you to collect and store configuration in one secure location
Includes some configuration management tools like tagging and hierarchies.
Integrated with AWS KMS for automatic encryption of configuration data at rest
Quickly discover latest Windows image (AMI) ID

7. Demo Using Parameter Store from PowerShell
Show how to access and set parameters, including hierarchies
Show how to find the latest Windows image IDs (should also mention Get-EC2ImageByName)

8. AWS Systems Manager: Run Command
Replaces the need for SSH, bastion hosts, or remote PowerShell
All actions recorded by AWS CloudTrail
Automate and execute Bash and PowerShell scripts across your fleet of servers

9. Demo What is a Run Command document?
Just want to take a quick look at the overall structure of a document
Use the console to show some built-in docs
Can start either built-in doc or an ad-hoc document from PowerShell command line

10. AWS Systems Manager: State Manager
Provides tools to maintain configuration consistency across your fleet of servers
Supports using Ansible playbooks directly from GitHub or Amazon S3, scripts, PowerShell modules, or configuration through the AWS Console
You can set the frequency and time at which State Manager will apply your configurations

11. AWS Systems Manager: Automation
Create documents defining a collection of operation or management tasks to apply to your fleet of servers
Automate execution of these tasks based on Amazon CloudWatch events or through the AWS Console, CLI, SDK, or Tools for PowerShell
Optionally track and require approval for each step of your automation

12. What are we going to build and manage today?
Discussion of the upcoming demo
HR onboarding system for developers
When new employee is on-boarded a workflow is started that constructs a developer desktop appropriate to their role (web deb, db admin etc)
Dev desktop is an EC2 instance constructed from a vanilla EC2 image; no prior customization needed
Customization is done using Systems Manager automation and configuration documents
We’ll simulate the AD event noting a new user with a PowerShell script running in Lambda

13. Demo Our running system
Show the running system and trigger the workflow for a new employee
Also show a graphic of the architecture?

14. How it was built Let’s get started!
Parameter Store to get the ID of the latest EC2 Windows image (AMI) to start from
Collection of Automation documents perform the configuration
Workflow triggered from Lambda function written in PowerShell
State Manager used to control configuration drift over time
Let’s get started!
Segue into major demo showing the component pieces coming together from pre

15. How else could we have built the system?
Compare/contrast discussion of other approaches
CloudFormation
CDK
…Console clicks!

16. Summary .NET on AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/net PowerShell Gallery
AWS Systems Manager Documents on GitHub
Blog:
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Go through all the things we learned

17. Thank You!