Automate administrative tasks with this powerful Windows Server 2003 scripting guide

This sample chapter, taken from Sams' Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, 2nd Edition, explains some basic scripting commands that will help you manage the Windows Server 2003 environment.

Simply your administrative tasks by creating scripts. Here are some basic scripting commands and examples that will help you manage the Windows Server 2003 environment.

This sample chapter, taken from Sams' Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, 2nd Edition, describes some technologies that are used for scripting. The chapter covers the following topics:

• Scripting Overview
• Introduction to VBScript
• Active Directory Scripting Overview
• Discovering Object Properties
• Scripting User Management
• Creating a User from File Data
• Searching Active Directory
• Windows Server 2003 Scripting
• Leveraging Sample Scripts

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 0672326671
Published: June, 2004
Author: Rand Morimoto, Kenton Gardinier, Michael Noel, Omar Droubi
Chapter: Chapter 23: Automating Tasks Using Windows Server 2003 Scripting
Published by Sams Publishing