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• Advanced VBScript for Microsoft® Windows® Administrators

• By: Don Jones; Jeffery Hicks

• Publisher: Microsoft Press

• Pub. Date: January 25, 2006

• Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-2244-9

• Print ISBN-10: 0-7356-2244-2

• Pages in Print Edition: 560

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Get the in-depth guidance you need to take your Windows scripting skills to the next level. Enterprise-level Windows administrators who have experience with Windows scripting will learn advanced VBScript techniques, including Active Directory® Service Interfaces (ADSI) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scripting, security scripting, building hypertext applications for script graphical interfaces, remote scripting, database scripting, and scripting for Group Policy. You will continue to build your skills by creating scripts to work with Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server™, Microsoft Operations Manager, and Microsoft Virtual Server. Coverage also includes the latest scripting updates for Windows XP and Windows Server™ 2003. Each chapter highlights powerful, ready-to-run, enterprise-level scripts, and the companion CD-ROM includes sample scripts and utilities to help you put your advanced scripting skills to work right away.

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Table of Contents

 

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: The Basics of Advanced Windows Scripting

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1 TokenChapter 1. Getting Started

Prerequisite Knowledge

Advanced Scripting Goals

What We Won’t Cover

The Right Tool for the Job

Scripting Techniques

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 2. Script Security

Script Encoding and Decoding

Script Signing and the Windows Script Host TrustPolicy

Alternate Credentials

Summary

Part II: Packaging Your Scripts

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1 TokenChapter 3. Windows Script Files

Defining Windows Script Files

Understanding XML

Creating Script Jobs

Including Other Scripts

Adding Resources

Creating Examples and Help Text

Using Named Parameters

Viewing a Windows Script File in Action

Converting an Existing Script to a WSF Utility

Creating and Using a Wrapper WSF

Summary

Chapter 4. Windows Script Components

Understanding COM Objects, Methods, and Properties

Understanding Windows Script Components

Using the Script Component Wizard

Working with Properties

Working with Methods

Working with Events

Creating a Windows Script Component with a Script Editor

Viewing a Windows Script Component in Action

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 5. HTML Applications: Scripts with a User Interface

Understanding HTML Applications

Understanding the Internet Explorer Document Object Model

Preparing Your HTA

Understanding HTA Requirements and Essentials

Working with Forms and Fields

Adding Subroutines and Functions

Viewing HTAs in Action

Summary

Part III: Advanced Scripting Techniques, Tools, and Technologies

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1 TokenChapter 6. Remote Scripting

Understanding Remote Scripting and Security

Working with Windows Firewall

Understanding Remote Scripting Objects

Understanding Remote Scripting Methods

Viewing Remote Scripting in Action

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 7. Database Scripting

Understanding ActiveX Data Objects

Understanding Connection Objects

Understanding Recordset Objects

Understanding Command Objects

Understanding the Differences Between Databases

Understanding SQL

Viewing ActiveX Data Objects

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 8. Advanced ADSI and LDAP Scripting

Using the ADSI Scriptomatic

Using Other ADSI Tools

Writing Active Directory Queries

Scripting the WinNT Provider

Scripting Active Directory Security

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 9. Using ADO and ADSI Together

Understanding the ADSI Provider for ADO

Connecting to ADSI by Using ADO

Treating Active Directory as a Database

Writing ADSI Queries to Retrieve Information

Writing ADSI Queries to Make Changes

Viewing ADO and ADSI in Action

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 10. Advanced WMI Scripting

Understanding Advanced WQL

Using Queries and associator Classes

Using Advanced WMI Security Techniques

Viewing Advanced WMI Scripting in Action

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 11. WMI Events

Understanding WMI Events

Using Notification Queries

Using WMI Tools

Viewing WMI Events in Action

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 12. Better Scripting with WMI Tools

Using Tools as a Scripting Shortcut

Using Scriptomatic

Using WMIC

Using WBEMTest

Using WMI Tools

Comparing WMI Wizards

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 13. Advanced Scripting in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Using New and Discontinued WMI Classes

Using the Win32_PingStatus Class

Configuring the Windows Firewall

Using Disk Quota Management

Using the DNS Provider

Using Active Directory Replication and Trusts

Using Internet Information Services 6.0

Managing Printing

Using Windows Update Services

Summary

Part IV: Scripting for the Enterprise

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1 TokenChapter 14. Group Policy Management Scripting

Introducing Group Policy Management Scripting

Scripting GPO Permissions

Scripting GPO Reports

Scripting GPO Backups

Scripting GPO Restores

Scripting Resultant Set of Policy

Viewing GPO Scripting in Action

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 15. Exchange 2003 Scripting

Introducing Exchange Scripting

Querying Active Directory

Understanding Exchange 2003 WMI Classes

Scripting the Exchange Server State Class

Scripting Exchange Storage Groups

Scripting Exchange Mailboxes

Viewing Exchange Server Scripting in Action

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 16. Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Scripting

Introducing MOM Scripting

Using Scripts in MOM

Customizing MOM Scripts

Viewing MOM Scripting in Action

Summary

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1 TokenChapter 17. Virtual Server 2005 Scripting

Introducing Virtual Server Scripting

Understanding the Virtual Server Object Model

Writing Provisioning Scripts

Writing Management Scripts

Viewing Virtual Server Scripting in Action

Summary

Part V: Appendix

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1 TokenAppendix A. Advanced Script Editor Features

Universal Features

Keyboard Shortcuts

Script Snippets

Code Hinting and Completion

Wizards

Debugging

Enterprise Features

Security Features

Script Deployment and Remote Scripting

WSF and WSC Support

Other Features

Where to Get the Software

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1 TokenAbout the Authors

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1 TokenInside Front Cover

Additional Windows (R2) Resources for Administrators

Additional SQL Server Resources for Administrators

Index

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