Learn how to automate Windows administration step by step with hands-on instruction from a leading Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) trainer. This guide features self-paced labs, timesaving tips, and more than 100 sample scripts. Learn how to automate Windows administration--one step at a time--with practical, hands-on instruction from a leading Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) trainer at Microsoft. Work at your own pace and build practical skills as you learn how to use scripting techniques to help mange your Windows, Internet Information Services (IIS), and Microsoft Exchange Server environments. You will learn how to write your first script using VBScript and how to work with Windows Script Host (WSH), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI). You will also learn how to create logon scripts to automate the management of systems, user accounts, files, printers, the registry, network services, directory services, security features, group policy, and more. This guide features self-paced learning labs and a companion CD that features a complete eBook, plus more than 100 adaptable sample scripts and a host of timesaving scripting tools. VBScript is an easy-to-use scripting language that enables system administrators to create powerful tools for managing their Windows-based environments.

Used in combination with technologies such as WSH, WMI, and ADSI, VBScript becomes a powerful language for creating system administration tools. For example, by using VBScript in combination with WMI and ADSI, administrators can write a script of 10,000 or so lines, complete with error handling, subroutines, and otheradvanced script constructs.