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Microsoft® Windows® Administrator's Automation Toolkit PAP/CDR Edition

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Microsoft Press; PAP/CDR edition (June 22, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0735621667
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735621664
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsIt's time has passed.
By Mathew A. Shember on June 20, 2015
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I was cleaning my book cases and found my old copy. I skimmed it for nostalgia.

It's a very basic book. Even though it's labeled as a toolkit; I still think of it as an introduction for automation and vbscript. You get the basic introduction, syntax and a general introduction to automation. The so called toolbox scripts are many and the layout is a description of the task. How it is performed manually and then an example of using a script. There are many topics and to somebody who has never used vbscript; might find them useful.

There is a CD which has a copy of the scripts, a copy of "Microsoft Windows Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide", and a video presentation of vbscript for administrators.

As mentioned it's time has come. Powershell is replacing vbscript. The only time you might need vbscript is if you have a network which still uses XP. Even in this situation, you would be better served by an old copy "Windows 2000 Scripting Guide."

Best to avoid this now and let it be consigned to history.
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3.0 out of 5 starsA fair kickoff point for the subject
By Jase T. Wolfe on July 11, 2005
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Windows automation books come in two styles - Recipe Book, where the reader needs only a remedial knowledge of scripting and has been given hundreds of task-based scripts, and Development Guide, where the reader is only given the tools and training to create the task-based scripts instead. This title falls closer to the first than the last.

Although the reader is presented with a quick overview of scripting concepts, you are not assumed to know how to script but have enough technical ability to look at the scripts and understand the gist of what you are reading and make small changes if needed. All scripts presented in the book (and found on the accompanying CD) are written in VBScript (sorry jscript users) and for the most part wrapped in the WSF XML format.

The first 35 pages which make up Part One are overviews of the principals of automation, general syntax and usage of the Windows Script Host, security thru digital certificates, and networking and remote considerations. From there, the remainder of the book presents the toolbox scripts in a fairly straightforward manner, with each task section listing a description of the task, how you would do it manually, example usage of the provided script, the usage syntax of the script, a general overview of the part of the script that accomplishes the task, troubleshooting for the particular task, and a "go here to learn more" section. A very broad array of toolbox topics for Windows administration are presented, including both client and server settings and management, hardware and software inventorying, password management, services and processes management, file and disk management, as well as network-specific services management and some IIS 6 tasks.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
By John G. on May 20, 2015
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Good tool
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1.0 out of 5 starsMicrosoft it is just not Unix
By Timothy M Butterworth on January 11, 2014
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Microsoft is just not Unix. If you are looking to learn an Operating System I recommend any Linux Distribution Available openSUSE, Fedore, Kubuntu etc. over Microsoft Windows.

Do not waist you time or money with Microsoft!
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