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Automate Windows management with advanced ADSI-based scripts

Active Directory Services Interface ASDI is one of the most powerful tools your scripts can use. It can interact with Active Directory, any LDAP directory, the Security Accounts Manager, and other services. Most administrators who have been scripting for a while have probably worked with ADSI to some extent while...

Tags: ADSI, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Book chapters 2006-09-27

Scripting Exchange Using VBScript and ADSI (Part 3)

The first two parts of this scripting series discussed Exchange users in almost every possible angle. This third part of the series will go over ways for accessing Exchange objects, such as servers, storage groups and databases. CDOEXM has corresponding objects to the main Exchange objects - Servers, Storage Groups,...

Tags: ADSI, Microsoft VBScript, Object, TechGenix, CDOEXM, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Storage, Directory Services, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2005-06-21

Scripting Exchange Using VBScript and ADSI (Part 1)

Scripting can be a powerful tool. There are a lot well written scripts for use with Exchange floating around the Internet that can be quite useful. Changing to fit person's needs is not too difficult, but writing his own scripts and making scripts work better for his needs requires some...

Tags: ADSI, Microsoft VBScript, Script, TechGenix, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Scripting Languages, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development

White papers 2005-06-21

ADSI Open Interfaces for Managing and Using Directory Services

One of the challenges of working within a large distributed computing environment is identifying and locating resources, such as users, groups, print queues, and documents. A directory service is part of a distributed computing environment that provides a way to locate and identify the users and resources available in the...

Tags: ADSI, Directory Service, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers

Additional Resources

System Properties (msi)

System Properties provides detailed information for various system properties, including ODBC, ADSI, File System, Network, Running tasks, Services and tons of other things. In addition, it includes tools to extract icons from selected files, find broken shortcuts, view threads and windows classes, eventlog entries, as well as a registry viewer...

Tags: NirSoft Freeware, System Properties, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-04-17

AcctCrt COM Component (exe)

The AcctCrt COM component provides a scriptable ActiveX Windows NT account management object that you can use along with Active Directory Services Interfaces ADSI and Microsoft Exchange Version 5.5 to manage mailboxes and distribution list ownership using the LDAP protocol. You can use this COM object to create the associated...

Tags: Mailbox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, LDAP, Microsoft Windows NT, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Operating Systems, Software, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-09-14

Systemscripter (msi)

One of the best script editors worldwide, Systemscripter supports a wide range of script languages (VBScript, HTA, ASP, and WSF), comes with an integrated debugger, code folding, WYSIWYG designer for HTML, code snippet support and lots of browsers which not only reveal scriptable COM libraries on your systems but also...

Tags: Editor, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Scripting Languages, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Network Administration, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Networking

Software downloads 2006-06-22

Create a WMI/ADSI script that gathers Windows system information across your domain

This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI offers systems administrators a straightforward guide to scripting, including a ready-made example script accompanied by complete line-by-line explanations. This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI walks Windows administrators through the process of designing, writing,...

Tags: Chapter, Microsoft VBScript, Domain, Microsoft Windows, WMI, Addison-Wesley, Scripting Languages, Network Administration, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Networking

Book chapters 2006-05-11

Xp_adsi (zip)

The xp_adsi extended stored procedure allows read data from Active Directory. It is easy to use and the quick way to get Active Directory data. The perfect tool for MS SQL Server. The extended stored procedure supports WinNT and LDAP ADSI providers.

Tags: Procedure, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, LDAP, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2006-04-21

PrimalScript Professional (exe)

PrimalScript goes professional with a host of advanced features targeted at reducing script development time and effort, including a new ADSI Wizard, built-in graphical FTP client, and a brand-new, built-in script debugger for Windows scripting. That s right no more Microsoft Script Debugger. The PrimalScope debugger runs entirely within the...

Tags: built-In, PrimalScript, Optimized Parsing Technology, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2006-02-17

Get up to speed on scripting tools and techniques

This book excerpt from Paraglyph Press offers an excellent overview of scripting and scripting tools. This introductory chapter to Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book, Second Edition, lays a solid foundation for understanding scripting techniques and introduces the three major scripting tools that the book focuses on:...

Tags: Technique, Chapter, WSH, Kixtart, Tool, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Scripting Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Book chapters 2005-07-26

Scripting With Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2: SOS!-Level 200

So you've installed Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, and now your computers are safe and secure-so secure, in fact, that you can no longer manage those machines using your WMI and ADSI scripts! Fortunately, there's no need to panic: This webcast with the legendary Microsoft Scripting Guys will show...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Corp., WMI, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Webcasts

System Administration Scripting in the Microsoft Windows Environment

A powerful scripting environment is an indispensable tool in the fight to reduce Total Cost of Ownership TCO by automating system and network administration tasks. Windows Script Host WSH, when used in conjunction with ADSI and the WMI scripting library, provides just such a scripting environment. In this webcast, the...

Tags: Environment, TCO, Microsoft Corp., System Administration, Scripting Environment, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Network Administration, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Networking, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Directory Services, Enterprise Software

Webcasts