Automate five common Windows networking tasks with these tips and scripts

This chapter from the Microsoft Windows Administrator's Automation Toolkit discusses how to quickly and accurately accomplish management tasks with the help of automation.

Automation can help make information available quickly in time of need, can perform configurationchanges with great accuracy, and can make frequently performed tasks less tedious.

This sample chapter from the Microsoft Windows Administrator's Automation Toolkit discusses how to handle network management tasks quickly and with great accuracy. The chapter discusses how to automate several management tasks, including:

• Listing the holders of Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles
• Creating DHCP scopes
• Modifying DHCP scope options
• Creating static DNS records
• Creating print queues

Title: Microsoft Windows Administrator's Automation Toolkit
ISBN: 0735621667
Published: May, 2005
Author: Don Jones
Chapter: Chapter 12: General Network and Server Management Tasks
Published by Microsoft Press