Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 416 pages
- Published by: Microsoft Press May 5, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0735619816
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-8120326569
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 1.9 pounds
Product Description
Automate everyday administrative tasks and take greater control of your Windows networks with this hands-on guide to scripting. Your instructor, a
Microsoft Certified Trainer with more than a decade of enterprise consulting experience, expertly builds your scripting expertise with labs and lessons you complete at your own pace. From writing your first scripts from scratch with
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) and Windows Script Host (WSH) to exploring the programmatic advantages of using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) you ll learn timesaving ways to set up, deploy, and manage your Windows-based systems. Teach yourself how to write and run scripts to: Automate folder and file management including performing multiple functions?within a single script Configure network components using WMI Perform global or select changes to users and groups in Active Directory directory service using ADSI Design logon scripts that increase system manageability and configurability Monitor and manage printers Edit the registry avoiding common pitfalls Track and respond to critical events Simplify user management for
Microsoft Exchange Server Streamline IIS website administration including creating consistent security configurations PLUS Get 100+ script samples on CD you can use or customize to help simplify the management of your system resources Get 100+ sample scripts plus an eBook inside. CD features: More than 100 sample scripts to adapt for your own work Timesaving scripting tools including Script-o-Matic 1.0 and an evaluation version of PrimalScript Fully searchable electronic version of the book #160;
About The Author
Ed Wilson is a
Microsoft technical account manager in the Premier Support for Developers group at
Microsoft. Prior to joining
Microsoft, Ed was a senior consultant with a solutions provider partner in Cincinnati. He is also a
Microsoft Certified Trainer and has taught numerous networking and administration classes.
Reader ReviewsHow many VBScript books have you picked up that completely skip explaining the Windows Script Host and VBScript environment? They immediately jump into having you write scripts without even explaining the scripting environment, something that is Crucial to learning VBScript. This is another of those books. This book has no information on the WSH (Windows Script Host), objects or methods, when and why to use the various WSH objects and methods, and there is only haphazard information on syntax. You can't even find this information in the appendices. The author takes you through writing VBScripts, almost from page one, and only gives the briefest of explanations of what you are doing. For example, in the second chapter of the book, you are presented with a multiline script that includes the following: Set objWMIService=SetObject("winmgmts") _ & .ExecQuery _ ("SELECT = FROM Win32_Process") If you never worked with Windows Script Host or VBScript, would you have any idea what this is? Or why you are using it? The author gives a 2 sentence explanation, and then jumps right into something else. If you are new to VBScript, and are looking for a book to teach you about VBScript and WSH, this book is not for you. If you are an experienced VBScript writer, you might find some tidbit of useful information in this book. This book, sadly, does not teach you VBScript, and would be of no real use to someone who already knows VBscript. Don't buy it.
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