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This guide introduces Microsoft Visual Basic scripting edition (VBScript), Windows scripting host, active directory service interfaces (ADSI), and Windows management instrumentation (WMI) to network consultants and administrators who would like to automate .NET components and network management tasks running on Windows XP and Server 2003. The CD-ROM contains starter scripts and completed solutions for each of the 40 end-of-chapter labs, 100 sample scripts, and Scriptomatic1.0.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
Get the inside track on how to write system administration scripts—straight from Microsoft scripting experts. This practical learning guide teaches how to use scripting techniques to gain control over your Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), and Microsoft Exchange Server environments—all at your own pace. Build practical skills on everything from writing your first script in Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript) to working with Windows Scripting Host (WSH), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Active Directory® Services Interface (ADSI), and from creating logon scripts to automating the management of systems, user accounts, files, printers, the registry, network services, directory services, security features, group policy, and more. The companion CD features the complete eBook, plus more than 200 sample scripts and a host of timesaving scripting tools.


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.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
Scripting is the best learning investment most Windows administrators can make. Now there￯﾿ﾽs practical, self-paced training built around your needs as a sysadmin.

Microsoft￯﾿ﾽs new package assumes no programming experience (though a little VB knowledge will help). Once you￯﾿ﾽve walked through the basics -- for example, adding intelligence to your scripts -- you￯﾿ﾽll dive right into real tasks.

Start by learning to manipulate folders and filesystems; then use WMI to report on devices, modify registry entries, and switch IP addresses. You￯﾿ﾽll create logon scripts, configure networking, automate Active Directory tasks, even script IIS 6 and Exchange 2003.

It￯﾿ﾽs all hands-on: you learn through exercises, and there are more than 100 scripts on the accompanying CD-ROM. Learn this stuff, and start saving time -- big time. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Get expert guidance on how to write system administration scripts-straight from Microsoft scripting experts. This practical learning guide teaches how to use scripting techniques to gain control over your Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), and Microsoft Exchange Server environments-all at your own pace. Build practical skills on everything from writing your first script in Microsoft Visual Basic￯﾿ﾽ Scripting Edition (VBScript) to working with Windows Scripting Host (WSH), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Active Directory￯﾿ﾽ Services Interface (ADSI), and from creating logon scripts to automating the management of systems, user accounts, files, printers, the registry, network services, directory services, security features, group policy, and more. The companion CD features the complete eBook, plus more than 100 sample scripts and a host of timesaving scripting tools.

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