Advanced Scripting For Windows System Administrators

QA Ltd.
Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Slough, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' This course aims to take delegates with previous experience in scripting and show them how to use Windows Management Instrumentation(WMI).

The course will be delivered as an interactive lecture including many hands-on exercises. The delegates will be writing scripts they can take away and put to use in production.

Prerequisites


The course is written for administrators/IT professionals who already have some knowledge and experience of scripting the Windows environment, and would like to explore ways in which they can automate otherwise repetitive tasks. The use of WMI will allow the administrator to manage and configure multiple remote systems simultaneously. The WMI event model will allow server administrators to automatically react to server events, as and when they happen.

It will also investigate the automation of AD management processes through the use of ADSI, enabling the administrator to build and populate AD structures through script.

Previous VBScript experience is essential. This is a fast paced course tackling advanced scripting subjects. It is also assumed that the delegate understands the terminology of Active Directory, so they can script changes to the AD database.



Delegates will learn how to


Understand and utilise WMI paths, objects, and methods to configure remote systems

Manage event logs via script

Gathering hardware/software inventories via script

Install/remove software via script

Retrieve hotfix/patch information with scripts

Monitor systems with the WMI event model.

Read data from Active Directory

Script creation of user, group, and computer accounts

Script creation of OU structures in AD

Script updates of multiple account in AD

Search AD for disabled/locked out/dormant accounts

Script deletion of AD objects

Use ADSI to manage local user accounts

Script password management



Course outline


Introduction to WMI
What is WMI; benefits of WMI; Common Information Model; Consumers and providers; Managed Object Format files; Windows management service; Overview of the WMI Software Development Kit
Retrieving WMI data
Connecting to WMI; WMI management interface; WMI scripting API; WBEM scripting environment; WinMgmts moniker; SwbemLocator and SwbemServices objects; WMI object paths; WMI Query Language; the WMI DateTime format; managing disk drives; getting BIOS information
Configuration with WMI
The WMI cache; calling WMI object methods; return values; associator objects; managing event logs; creating shares; accessing network information; changing IP settings; launching and terminating processes.
Remote WMI
How to access WMI on remote systems; Using privileges in scripts; WMI Authentication Levels; WMI Authentication Levels; handling network errors; remote system shutdown/reboot; delegation of user privileges; backing up eventlogs; installing software; a network discovery script.
Monitoring with WMI
Using WMI to monitor for events; monitoring multiple systems with asynchronous scripts; permanent event subscriptions; running scripts as the result of events; sending emails on events.
Scripting the Registry with WMI
When to use the StdReg provider; managing large binary registry values; managing REGMULTISZ registry values; enumerating registry keys and values; monitoring the registry.
Accessing AD objects wih ADSI
Using ADSI to connect to AD and to the local SAM accounts database; Understanding LDAP paths and the RootDSE object.
Creating objects in AD
Creating users groups computers and OUs; Managing the local ADSI cache; Mandatory properties.
Accessing and Modifying Object Properties
Coping with different Active Directory data types; Efficient manipulation of property updates; Changing and setting passwords; Discovering last logon time; Unlocking/disabling/enabling user accounts.
Searching AD
LDAP and SQL search syntax; Searching for particular users/groups/computers; Searching for disabled/locked out accounts; Searching for dormant accounts.
Security
Scripting file system and AD permissions; Encoding scripts; Signing scripts and controlling which scripts will run.
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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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