The definitive guide to scripting for all Windows administrators helps them to simplify their work and make their network more secure. Jones demystifies scripting, showing how VBScript and WMI can help ease repetitive or complex tasks. Based on the author's years of experience teaching and training, the book covers Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003.
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If you’re a Windows administrator, scripting expertise can liberate you from boring, repetitive work—so you can take on the sophisticated, high-value projects you really want. Top scripting guru Don Jones has written the definitive administrator’s guide to getting results with Microsoft’s key scripting technologies: VBScript, WMI, and ADSI. Jones draws on his unsurpassed experience training Windows administrators in conferences, classes, and from his enormously popular site, ScriptingAnswers.com. You’ll learn how to use VBScript, WMI, and ADSI to gain administrative control over nearly every aspect of every recent Windows server or client, including Windows Server 2003, Vista, XP, 2000, and NT. As you gain experience, Jones introduces more advanced techniques, ranging from modular scripting and script encryption to integrating VBScript with HTML code. Jones concludes with a full section of ready-to-run, real-world examples—from logon/logoff scripts to automated domain and network administration, from querying WMI to creating Active Directory groups. Every script is explained line-by-line, with challenging techniques described in even greater detail.
Understanding WMI Scripting explains to Windows and Exchange Administrators how they can use the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scriptable technology available in these products to ease their day-to-day management tasks. Under Windows.NET and Exchange 2000 (SP2), Microsoft is making solid enhancements in WMI. This will dramatically extend the scripting and manageability capabilities of Windows and Exchange. Illustrated with more than three hundred samples, the book links practical problems encountered by administrators to applicable scriptable solutions. Lissoir focuses not on MI programming aspects for developers but on how administrators can use what is available in Windows and Exchange for their admin work. WMI is a very important topic under Windows.NET and Exchange 2000 (SP2), so this book provides real added value to Windows/Exchange administrators. Although Exchange relies on Windows, no other book combines coverage of Windows and Exchange.·Fine tune management of Windows servers·Achieve better system management and customize critical operations·Access hundreds of usable scripts in book and downloadable from web
Annotation Learn to design and implement sophisticated management solutions in Windows 2000 using WMI. All the WMI topics and examples are illustrated with fully functional real-world script examples that can be used as is on the reader's network. Lavy and Meggitt are widely recognized as WMI gurus. The material takes readers from a fundamental understanding of WMI and empowers them with the ability to design and implement their own sophisticated management solutions. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a new technology from Microsoft that has the potential to transform the administration of windows-based networks. System administrators will seek detailed, hands-on advice on using this revolutionary tool. This book tells readers everything they need to know in order to harness the power of WMI to automate vast parts of Windows 2000 workstation and server management. Starting with the absolute basics, teaching the fundamentals of WMI terminology and the VBScript programming language. By the time readers complete the book, the readers will have the ability not only to use the scripts supplied, but also have a good understanding both of WMI and VBScript. Scripts from the book and tools referenced by the authors will be available at: www.newriders.com Matthew Lavy, MA, MPhil, ARCM, LTCL, is Technical Systems Developer at Jesus College, Cambridge University. His main responsibilities are developing solutions for UNIX / NT systems integration and providing technical support to Windows 2000 systems administrators. He has been both an author and technical reviewer for the O'reilly Windows NT series, and is a member of the Cambridge University Windows 2000 technical strategy group. Ashley Meggitt. MSc, is IT Manager for Jesus College, Cambridge University, responsible for the management of the IT Department and for formulating the College's long-term IT strategy. He is the co-author of two books on Windows NT system administration, both published by O'reilly, for whom he has also acted as a technical reviewer.
Summary PowerShell and WMI is an example-driven guide for administrators managing networks of Windows servers and desktops. With 150 practical examples, including ready-to-reuse scripts and techniques, you'll learn the ins and outs of automating WMI via PowerShell v3. You'll also find deep coverage of all aspects of Windows administration, including IIS, DNS and Hyper-V. About the Technology WMI, on its own, is simply a collection of Windows management facilities. Paired with PowerShell, however, WMI becomes a brilliant toolset for automating servers, networks, and remote Windows computers. About the Book PowerShell and WMI is an industrial-strength guide for administrators of Windows networks, servers, and desktops. You'll start with practical overviews of PowerShell and of WMI. Then you'll explore 150 specific examples—all with ready-to-use scripts—designed to simplify your day-to-day system management. Each tested technique is configured to load as part of a PowerShell module. A set of handy appendixes includes references for PowerShell and WMI. Prior exposure to PowerShell and WMI is helpful but not required. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside Managing Windows, IIS, and Hyper-V Remote desktops and devices Logs, jobs, and performance New PowerShell v3 WMI functionality =============================== Table of Contents PART 1 TOOLS OF THE TRADE Solving administrative challenges Using PowerShell WMI in depth Best practices and optimization PART 2 WMI IN THE ENTERPRISE? System documentation Disk systems Registry administration Filesystem administration Services and processes Printers Configuring network adapters Managing IIS Configuring a server Users and security Logs, jobs, and performance Administering Hyper-V with PowerShell and WMI PART 3 THE FUTURE: POWERSHELL V3 AND WMI WMI over WSMAN Your own WMI cmdlets CIM cmdlets and sessions
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.
Designed for use Visual Studio .NET/6.0, Visual SourceSafe 6.0c, and CVS 1.11, Real World Software Configuration Management provides an extensive overview on software configuration and development, accompanied by numerous real-world examples with lots of working code. While other books may spend a lot of time on software configuration management theory, Sean Kenefick focuses on practical solutions and processes that directly benefit developers in their day-to-day needs.
Aims to delve deep into Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to understand the manageable entities of the Windows world. This book offers a structured description of the important WMI providers available from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 (including Windows 2000 and Windows XP).
