Take ultimate control of system administration by learning advanced scripting techniques from two experts. Experienced Windows script-writers can move beyond the basics with hands-on instruction, advanced techniques, and best practices for using Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) as an enterprise-level administrative tool. You also get ready-to-use scripts and an eBook on CD. Discover how to: <ul>
<li>Build your own scripting components and libraries</li> <li>Use digital signatures and certificates to create security-enhanced scripts</li> <li>Retrieve information from Active Directory with advanced ADSI techniques</li> <li>Manage your Windows environment with advanced Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) techniques</li> <li>Use scripts to back up, copy, restore, and set permissions for your Group Policy environment</li> <li>Write scripts to access databases with ADO </li> <li>Build hypertext applications for script graphical interfaces</li> <li>Develop scripts that work with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Operations Manager</li> <li>Exploit the scripting updates for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003</li> </ul>
CD features: <ul>
<li>More than 100 sample scripts to adapt for your own work</li> <li>Fully searchable eBook</li> </ul>
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Advanced VBScript for Microsoft® Windows® Administrators

Computers & Technology

Jones, Don

Hicks, Jeffrey

Operating Systems

Microsoft Press

Summary
PowerShell in Depth is the kind of book you'll want open on your desk most of the time. With 40 short chapters, each focused on a specific area of PowerShell, you'll be able to find the answers you need quickly. Each chapter is concise and to-the-point, so you can spend less time reading and more time getting down to the business at hand. It was written by three seasoned PowerShell experts, and every technique has been thoroughly tested. With this book in hand, you'll be able to consistently and quickly produce production quality, maintainable scripts that will save you countless hours of time and effort.
About this BookOrganized into 40 concise chapters, PowerShell in Depth is the go-to reference for administrators working with Windows PowerShell. Every major shell technique, technology, and tactic is explained and demonstrated, providing a comprehensive reference to almost everything an admin would do in the shell. Written by three experienced authors and PowerShell MVPs, this is the PowerShell book you'll keep next to your monitor—not on your bookshelf!This book requires basic familiarity with PowerShell. 
What's Inside
<ul>
<li>Covers PowerShell 3.0</li>
<li>Automating time-consuming tasks</li>
<li>Managing HTML and XML data</li>
<li>Background jobs and scheduling</li>
<li>PowerShell security</li>
<li>Packaging and deploying scripts</li>
<li>Standard scripting conventions</li>
<li>Using the .NET Framework in PowerShell scripts</li>
<li>Much more</li>
</ul>
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Authors
Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks, and Richard Siddaway are Microsoft MVPs who have collectively authored nearly three dozen books on PowerShell and Windows administration.Table of Contents
<ol>PART 1: POWERSHELL FUNDAMENTALS<li>Introduction</li>
<li>PowerShell hosts</li>
<li>Using the PowerShell help system</li>
<li>The basics of PowerShell syntax</li>
<li>Working with PSSnapins and modules</li>
<li>Operators</li>
<li>Working with objects</li>
<li>The PowerShell pipeline</li>
<li>Formatting</li>PART 2: POWERSHELL MANAGEMENT<li>PowerShell Remoting</li>
<li>Background jobs and scheduling</li>
<li>Working with credentials</li>
<li>Regular expressions</li>
<li>Working with HTML and XML data</li>
<li>PSDrives and PSProviders</li>
<li>Variables, arrays, hash tables, and scriptblocks</li>
<li>PowerShell security</li>
<li>Advanced PowerShell syntax</li>PART 3: POWERSHELL SCRIPTING AND AUTOMATION<li>PowerShell's scripting language</li>
<li>Basic scripts and functions</li>
<li>Creating objects for output</li>
<li>Scope</li>
<li>PowerShell workflows</li>
<li>Advanced syntax for scripts and functions</li>
<li>Script modules and manifest modules</li>
<li>Custom formatting views</li>
<li>Custom type extensions</li>
<li>Data language and internationalization</li>
<li>Writing help</li>
<li>Error handling techniques</li>
<li>Debugging tools and techniques</li>
<li>Functions that work like cmdlets</li>
<li>Tips and tricks for creating reports</li>PART 4: ADVANCED POWERSHELL<li>Working with the Component Object Model (COM)</li>
<li>Working with .NET Framework objects</li>
<li>Accessing databases</li>
<li>Proxy functions</li>
<li>Building a GUI</li>
<li>WMI and CIM</li>
<li>Best practices</li>
</ol>

PowerShell in Depth: An Administrator's Guide

Siddaway, Richard

Networking & Cloud Computing

Manning Pubns Co

Summary Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for busy IT professionals. This updated edition covers PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later, PowerShell v3 and later, and includes v5 features like PowerShellGet. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology PowerShell is both a scripting language and an administrative shell that lets you control and automate nearly every aspect of Windows. It accepts and executes commands interactively and you can write scripts to manage most Windows servers like Exchange, IIS, and SharePoint, as well as online services like Azure and Office 365. About the Book Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Third Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for busy IT professionals. Just set aside one hour a day lunchtime would be perfect for a month, and you'll be automating Windows tasks faster than you ever thought possible. This updated edition covers PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later, PowerShell v3 and later, and includes v5 features like PowerShellGet. What's Inside <ul>
<li>Learn PowerShell from the beginning, no experience required!</li>
<li>Covers PowerShell v3 and up, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 and later</li>
<li>Each lesson takes you an hour or less</li>
</ul>
About the Reader Experience with Windows administration is helpful. No programming or scripting experience needed. About the Author Veteran PowerShell MVPs Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks bring years as successful trainers to this concise, easy to follow book. Table of Contents <ol>
<li>Before you begin</li>
<li>Meet PowerShell</li>
<li>Using the help system</li>
<li>Running commands</li>
<li>Working with providers</li>
<li>The pipeline: connecting commands</li>
<li>Adding commands</li>
<li>Objects: data by another name</li>
<li>The pipeline, deeper</li>
<li>Formatting and why it's done on the right</li>
<li>Filtering and comparisons</li>
<li>A practical interlude</li>
<li>Remote control: one to one, and one to many</li>
<li>Using Windows Management Instrumentation and CIM</li>
<li>Multitasking with background jobs</li>
<li>Working with many objects, one at a time</li>
<li>Security alert!</li>
<li>Variables: a place to store your stuff</li>
<li>Input and output</li>
<li>Sessions: remote control with less work</li>
<li>You call this scripting?</li>
<li>Improving your parameterized script</li>
<li>Advanced remoting configuration</li>
<li>Using regular expressions to parse text files</li>
<li>Additional random tips, tricks, and techniques</li>
<li>Using someone else's script</li>
<li>Never the end</li>
<li>PowerShell cheat sheet</li>
</ol>

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

Jones, Donald W.

Computer Science

Manning Publications

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