Get the inside track on how to use Microsoft Windows scripting to automate system administration—straight from Microsoft scripting experts. Features self-paced learning exercises, timesaving tips, and sample scripts to help you get more done in less time. Automate everyday administrative tasks—and take greater control of your Windows networks—with this hands-on guide to scripting. Your instructor, a Microsoft Certified Trainer with more than a decade of enterprise consulting experience, expertly builds your scripting expertise with labs and lessons you complete at your own pace. From writing your first scripts from scratch with Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) and Windows Script Host (WSH)—to exploring the programmatic advantages of using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI)—you'll learn timesaving ways to set up, deploy, and manage your Windows-based systems. Teach yourself how to write and run scripts to:Automate folder and file management—including performing multiple functions?within a single scriptConfigure network components using WMIPerform global—or select—changes to users and groups in Active Directory directory service using ADSIDesign logon scripts that increase system manageability and configurabilityMonitor and manage printersEdit the registry—avoiding common pitfallsTrack and respond to critical eventsSimplify user management for Microsoft Exchange Server Streamline IIS website administration—including creating consistent security configurationsThe CD that accompanies the print edition of this book is not available with its eBook edition, although select CD content is available for download. A link to the content is included in your eBook.