Microsoft VBScript Step by Step

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

CONTENTS:

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Covering the Basics
* Chapter 1: Starting from Scratch
* Chapter 2: Looping Through the Script
* Chapter 3: Adding Intelligence
* Chapter 4: Working with Arrays
* Chapter 5: More ArraysPart II: Basic Windows Administration
* Chapter 6: Working with the File System
* Chapter 7: Working with Folders
* Chapter 8: Using WMI
* Chapter 9: WMI Continued
* Chapter 10: Querying WMIPart III: Advanced Windows Administration
* Chapter 11: Introduction to Active Directory Service Interfaces
* Chapter 12: Writing for ADSI
* Chapter 13: Using ADO to Perform Searches
* Chapter 14: Configuring Networking Components
* Chapter 15: Using Subroutines and Functions
* Chapter 16: Logon Scripts
* Chapter 17: Working with the Registry
* Chapter 18: Working with PrintersPart IV: Scripting Other Applications
* Chapter 19: Managing IIS 6.0
* Chapter 20: Working with Exchange 2003
* Chapter 21: Troubleshooting WMI ScriptingPart V: Appendices
* Appendix A: VBScript Documentation
* Appendix B: ADSI Documentation
* Appendix C: WMI Documentation
* Appendix D: Documentation Standards
* Appendix E: Special Folder ConstantsAppendix : About the AuthorAppendix : Additional Resources for IT ProfessionalsAppendix : More Great Resources for IT Professionals