NETWORK ENGINEERING
Top Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scripting books, websites
Mitch Tulloch
01.05.2009
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Once you've learned how to write Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scripts to manage various aspects of Windows-based networks, check out the resources Mitch Tulloch recommends for your study. In this tip, originally posted on WindowsNetworking.com, Tulloch lists the best books and websites to find more information on managing Windows Networks using scripts.
If you've been patiently following along with me through the previous thirteen articles of this Managing Windows networks using scripts tip series, you should have gained some basic confidence in writing WMI scripts to manage various aspects of Windows-based networks. Specifically, you should have learned the following that are essential for successful WMI scripting:
Obviously though, we're just getting started learning to script. There's tons more you can do with WMI and I could go on writing articles like these until hell freezes over. But my goal with this series of articles was basically just to get you up and
running by showing you some basics.
Now, in this final article, I want to mention some useful resources you can use to learn more about WMI scripting on your own. And as you make progress learning how to script the management of Windows-based networks, do feel free to share what you've learned with me by emailing me as I'd love to hear what you're learning about Windows scripting.
So anyway, let's take a quick look at where you can go from here to learn more about how to script using WMI.
Books
I like learning from books because you can carry them anywhere, read them on the bus, write in the margins, use highlighters and so on. Of course you can do all that with a slate-format Tablet PC with PDF Annotator installed if your book has a CD-ROM inside the back cover that includes the full book content in PDF form (as most titles from Microsoft Press have). But forking over $3000 for a Tablet PC is a bit more than spending $50 on a book, righ
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Some of my favorite books for learning scripting include the following:
Script Center
The best place to go on the Web to learn more about Windows scripting in all its various forms is the Script Center on Microsoft TechNet. The only trouble with this site is there's too much there to absorb. It can be daunting for newcomers to find their way around its various resources and learn what they need (or learn what they need to learn). So let me point out a few highlights specifically related to WMI scripting using VBScript:
Conclusion
I hope you've enjoyed this series of articles as much as I've enjoyed writing them. I'll visit the topic of scripting again in the future sometime, but for now if you want to learn more, then buy one or two of the books I've listed above and start getting familiar with the Script Center on TechNet. You can get over that hump if you try! Good luck!
About the author:
Mitch Tulloch is a writer, trainer and consultant specializing in Windows server operating systems, IIS administration, network troubleshooting, and security. He is the author of 15 books including the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking (Microsoft Press), the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security (Microsoft Press), Windows Server Hacks (O'Reilly), Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), and IIS 6 Administration (Osborne/McGraw-Hill). Mitch is based in Winnipeg, Canada, and you can find more information about his books at his website: www.mtit.com.
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