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 scriptConfigure network components using WMIPerform global-or select-changes to users and groups in Active Directory directory service using ADSIDesign logon scripts that increase system manageability and configurabilityMonitor and manage printersEdit the registry-avoiding common pitfallsTrack and respond to critical eventsSimplify user management for Microsoft Exchange ServerStreamline IIS website administration-including creating consistent security configurationsPLUS-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 workTimesaving scripting tools-including Script-o-Matic 1.0 and an evaluation version of PrimalScriptFully searchable electronic version of the bookFor customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.
- ISBN10 0735619816
- ISBN13 9780735619814
- Publish Date 7 April 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 January 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Microsoft Press,U.S.
- Pages 416
- Language English