Windows Enterprise Scripting

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Windows Enterprise Scripting

• John De Lise, Sr. Consultant
• Intrinsic Technologies, LLC.

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Windows Enterprise Scripting Agenda

• Introduction
• Why Automate with Scripting?
• Types of Scripting
• Tools You Can Use (Demos)
• How to Get Started
• QA

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Introduction The TAO of Scriptingthe art or
skill of doing something in harmony with the
essential nature of the thing

• If you have to do it manually more than once,
  Automate it!.
• If you have automated it, you have defined and
  documented a repeatable process.
• If you have to get up from your chair to fix it,
  you have failed.
• "Script_Hopper, When you can snatch the GUI from
  your mind, it will be time for you to script.

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Why Use Scripting to Automate?

• No Guessing!
• Define and document the process
• Capture what parts can be automated
• Engineer a practical solution
• Implement the solution
• Fulfill the goal

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Types of Scripting

• Remote
• Local
• Combo
• Remote and local combined to achieve what each
  can not do alone.

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Remote Scripting

• Is it scalable
• Real-Time, on demand
• Trust but verify
• Gaining control

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Local Scripting

• Reliable
• Is it scalable
• Scheduled
• Manual Execution

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Combo Scripting

• Why combine?
• All tools have limitations
• Achieving the desired result

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Tools You Can Use

• NT Shell Script
• (DEMO) ADD USER
• Windows Scripting Host VBScript
• (Demo-Remote Validation)
• Windows Management Instrumentation
• (Demo-Reading Writing the Registry)
• SMSInstaller/Wise Script Editor
• (Demo SUS Tester)

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More Free Tools You Can Use

• ADSIomatic (DEMO) How to learn ADSI
• Scriptomatic / WMI(Demos) Show the tool
• Resident Command Line Utilities
• Resource Kit Utilities W2003, IIS 6
• HTA, Can you spell HTML! (DEMO)
• Other Command Line Utilities
• Autoit/Scriptit
• KixStart, PERL, Python, etc

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New Tools in Windows 2003

• Additional WMI providers (W2003)
• WMIC (W2003)
• Beefed Up W2003 Resource kit
• Other Tools, Where are they now.
• Some Reskit tools now built in

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How to get started

• Microsoft Scripting Center
• Windows NT Shell Scripting
• Tim Hill (Amazon.com 27.03)
• ISBN 1-57870-047-7
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide
• MS Scripting Team(Amazon.com 34.99)
• ISBN0-7356-1867-4 Use the tools, experiment,
  learn

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Resources and Additional Reading

• Windows NT Shell Scripting
• Tim Hill (Amazon.com 27.03)
• ISBN 1-57870-047-7
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide
• MS Scripting Team (Amazon.com 34.99)
• ISBN0-7356-1867-4

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Thank You!

• Find your pain
• Give it an automation aspirin

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Q A / Contact info

• Questions?

Contact Info John De Lise jad_at_intrinsic.net