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

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About the Author

Ed Wilson is a well-known scripting expert who delivers popular scripting workshops to Microsoft customers and employees worldwide. He's written several books on Windows scripting, including Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step by Step and Microsoft VBScript Step by Step. Ed is a senior consultant at Microsoft Corporation.

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