Managing Enterprise Systems with the
Windows Scripting Host
is targeted towards administrative and support staff in
Microsoft networked environments with the aim of automating
common administrative tasks. It provides practical
solutions to common problems as well as detailed
discussions of the underlying technology used in the
solutions.
Author Stein Borge provides a general introduction to
new features in recent versions of WSH, and then covers the
file, shell and network operations using built-in WSH
objects. Borge also provides chapters on lesser-known but
important recent additions to WSH of standard input/output
streams and regular expressions, as well as covering
registry operations using the built-in Shell objects and
WMI objects.
Managing Enterprise Systems with the Windows Scripting
Host then goes on to cover how to manipulate application
objects, such as Microsoft Office and Corel Draw. Internet
Explorer is automated, providing the ability to retrieve
web information and flexible event driven graphical user
interface. Coverage of WMI demonstrates how to perform
common network tasks, such as network configuration,
hardware, event log, and system information. Database
access is shown using ActiveX Data objects (ADO), while
E-mail operations are implemented using Collaborative Data
Objects (CDO). Server administrative tasks such as user,
IIS and Exchange server are performed using Active
Directory Services Interface (ADSI), and finally complex
security operations are demonstrated using WMI and
ADSI.
Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Shell operations
- Chapter 3: Logon Scripts and Scheduling
- Chapter 4: Network operations
- Chapter 5: File Operations
- Chapter 6: Standard Input and Output Streams
- Chapter 7: Registry Operations
- Chapter 8: Regular Expressions
- Chapter 9: Application Automation
- Chapter 10: System Administration (WMI)
- Chapter 11: Internet Operations
- Chapter 12: E-mail Operations (CDO)
- Chapter 13: Database Operations (ADO)
- Chapter 14: Network Administration (ADSI)
- Chapter 15: Internet Information Services
Administration (ADSI)
- Chapter 16: Exchange Server Administration (ADSI)
- Chapter 17: Security Operations (WMI and ADSI)
- Index