Scripting Windows Administrative Tasks

Learning Tree International
London,Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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

Course Description:

'' you will learn how to

Automate common Windows administrative tasks using scripting technologies
Use VBScript and other languages in the Windows Script Host
Automate large-scale Active Directory (AD) changes using ADSI
Manage Windows configurations with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Develop Web-based management solutions using ASP and client-side scripts
Extend scripting solutions with widely available components

Introduction and Overview

Increased administrator productivity
Improved IT service delivery
Sophisticated custom management tools
Exploiting the Windows Script Host (WSH)
USING SCRIPTING LANGUAGES WITH WSH

Writing code in VBScript
Running scripts in CScript and WScript
MANAGING THE FILE SYSTEM

Creating and managing files and folders with the FileSystemObject
Reading and writing files
Mapping network drives
CONTROLLING THE USER INTERFACE

Developing scripts with a graphical user interface (GUI)
Receiving and processing arguments
Creating command line utilities
Managing Directories Using Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)
ACCESSING THE ACTIVE DIRECTORY

Binding to directory objects using LDAP
Reading and writing directory object attributes
Manipulating objects with ADSI methods
WORKING WITH SAM DATABASES

Managing NT 4.0 domains with the WinNT provider
Modifying local SAM databases, shares and services
AUTOMATING USER CREATION AND UPDATES

Adding and moving user objects
Searching for users with SQL queries
Updating common user attributes
CONTROLLING GROUP MEMBERSHIP

Adding and deleting users
Automating group updates with Scheduled Tasks
Configuring Computers with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
DEFINING WINDOWS SETTINGS

Setting page file size
Changing event log sizes
Assigning volume labels
COLLECTING WORKSTATION INFORMATION

Performing a hardware inventory
Querying for driver settings
Reading Windows Installer Service configuration data
AUTOMATING COMPUTER MANAGEMENT

Scheduling event log rotation
Changing network settings
Detecting and restarting stopped services
RESPONDING TO EVENTS

Building a WMI subscriber
Alerting administrators to potential problems
Delivering Solutions via the Web
SHARING DATA ON THE WEB

Saving script results as HTML
Posting reports on the Web server
EMBEDDING SCRIPTS WITHIN A WEB PAGE

Enabling user account self-service
Reconfiguring workstations with client-side JScripts
Extending Scripting Solutions
LEVERAGING MICROSOFT COM OBJECTS

Sending e-mails using Collaboration Data Objects (CDO)
Managing Exchange using CDO for Exchange (CDOEX)
INCORPORATING THIRD-PARTY COM OBJECTS

Configuring security using SetACL
Finding the COM objects you need

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Phone:0800 282 353,020 7874 5000,0131 226 6243

School Address:

Learning Tree International Ltd.
Euston House
24 Eversholt Street
London, NW1 1AD
Telephone:0800 282 353

EIS Building
39 Palmerston Place
Edinburgh EH12 5AU
Telephone: 0131 226 6243
Fax: 0131 226 5967

United Kingdom

Jobs & Resumes: London, Edinburgh
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Deploying and Managing a Windows Server 2003 Environment
Securing Windows Server 2003
Patch Management for Microsoft Environments
Windows Server 2003 OS Optimisation
Windows Active Directory Troubleshooting
TCP/IP for Windows Networks
Systems Management Server 2003
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 AD Planning and Migration
Deploying and Managing Windows 2000
Securing Windows 2000
Windows 2000 OS Optimisation & Troubleshooting
IIS 6 for Windows Server 2003
Exchange 2000 Administration

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