Scripting for Windows Sys Admins?

I don't know about the rest of you, but I could sure beef up my scripting skills. Anyone have any recommendations of good books/classes/tools to work on these? I'm looking for something that leans toward VBscript and Powershell for System Admin tasks.

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kriscamaro68

Amazon.com: Windows PowerShell(TM) 2.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant (9780735625952): William Stanek: Books

Amazon.com: Microsoft Windows PowerShell 2.0 Programming for the Absolute Beginner (978159863899

: Jr., Jerry Lee Ford: Books

Amazon.com: Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) (9780596521783): Lee Holmes: Books

Amazon.com: Microsoft WSH and VBScript Programming for the Absolute Beginner (9781598638035): Jr, Jerry Lee Ford: Books

Amazon.com: VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition (0636920004882): Paul Lomax, Matt Childs, Ron Petrusha: Books

hope that helps

sambuca69

For PS, I'm really liking PowerGUI.org - Free Windows Powershell Community

You can build up the commands via the GUI, and then switch to the tab to view the code. I find it easier to learn a new scripting language like this.

blargoe

Another thing you can do is to just think of a couple of tasks that are applicable to your day to day work that you would like to automate and use that as your jumping off point for learning.

pwjohnston

blargoe wrote: »

Another thing you can do is to just think of a couple of tasks that are applicable to your day to day work that you would like to automate and use that as your jumping off point for learning.

Well, that is where I'm coming from. We needed to make some registry changes distributed from the GPO. It's a good thing we have programmers in house. . . I thought maybe I should stop slacking and get working on this.

Thanks for the book and web links.

Zartanasaurus

CBT Nuggets has a PowerShell course. Gonna start watching it soon. I'll let you know.

vCole

Best PowerShell book, which was recommended to me by HeroPyscho

Amazon.com: Windows PowerShell v1.0: TFM, 2nd Edition (9780977659760): Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks: Books

Windows PowerShellv1.0 TFM

sambuca69

Zartanasaurus wrote: »

CBT Nuggets has a PowerShell course. Gonna start watching it soon. I'll let you know.

I have it and it's excellent.

vCole

sambuca69 wrote: »

I have it and it's excellent.

Good to know, I'll check it out.

HeroPsycho

The TFM book is excellent. However, you might want to buy this eBook of the third edition that covers PoSh 2.0. You'll get the official release when it comes out, too.

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