Written for system and network administrators, Windows Script Host includes authoritative coverage of the VBScript language essentials, including script structure and statements; detailed discussion of the object-oriented paradigm, how it is used in Windows system scripting, and how to emply COM objects; program guides that provide additional insight for those who are new to programming; and proven, ready-to-use scripting solutions, including sample logon and system management scripts. If you design or administer Windows NT/2000 networks, this is an essential resource to help you implement system scripting across your network. This comprehensive reference will help you: install system scripting components on your network; automate or simplify system management tasks, ranging from copying files to monitoring a set of enterprise servers; create your own COM objects in VBScript through the use of Windows Script Components; and get immediate results by employing proven sample scripts.
The IIS section is incomplete and is missing scripting for a few technologies.
IMO, this book seems to focus on scriptable methods of common GUI admin tasks. I was expecting more coverage of how to script admin tasks that are not available in the Operating System.
A book with a reference section of common or admin related commands (or reference info like in his basic shell scripting book execellent reference by the way!) would needs to be added. Sometimes admins need to create custom solutions not available in the Operating System and this subject would be an excellent addition to this book.
This Book is a good reference to see how the flow of given code examples are written but falls way short in the overall administration field. I'd see if there was another book on the market.
