Book description
Get guidance from a well-known scripting expert—and teach yourself the fundamentals of Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript). This tutorial delivers hands-on, self-paced learning labs to help you get started automating Microsoft Windows administration—one step at a time.
Discover how to:
Manage folders and files with a single script
Configure network components with Windows Management Instrumentation
Administer users and groups using subroutines and Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)
Design logon scripts to configure and maintain user environments
Monitor and manage network printers
Back up and edit the registry—avoiding common pitfalls
Handle errors and troubleshoot scripts
Simplify administration for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Internet Information Services 6.0
Includes a CD featuring:
All practice exercises
100+ sample scripts to adapt for your own work
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.
Table of contents
- Microsoft® VBScript Step by Step
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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I. Covering the Basics
- 1. Starting from Scratch
- 2. Looping Through the Script
- 3. Adding Intelligence
- 4. Working with Arrays
- 5. More Arrays
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II. Basic Windows Administration
- 6. Working with the File System
- 7. Working with Folders
- 8. Using WMI
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9. WMI Continued
- Alternate Ways of Configuring the WMI Moniker
- Accepting Defaults
- Moniker Security Settings
- Using the Default WMI Moniker Step-by-Step Exercises
- Invoking the WMI Moniker to Display the Machine Boot Configuration
- Including Additional Security Permissions
- One Step Further: Using Win32_Environment and VBScript to Learn About WMI
- 10. Querying WMI
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III. Advanced Windows Administration
- 11. Introduction to Active Directory Service Interfaces
- 12. Writing for ADSI
- 13. Using ADO to Perform Searches
- 14. Configuring Networking Components
- 15. Using Subroutines and Functions
- 16. Logon Scripts
- 17. Working with the Registry
- 18. Working with Printers
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IV. Scripting Other Applications
- 19. Managing IIS 6.0
- 20. Working with Exchange 2003
- 21. Troubleshooting WMI Scripting
- V. Appendices
- About the Author
- Additional Resources for IT Professionals
- More Great Resources for IT Professionals
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Microsoft® VBScript Step by Step
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2006
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735622975
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