Links to Windows Scripting Host Websites and Books

Also newsgroups.

Recommended Books...

Managing Enterprise Systems with Windows Script Host by Stein Borge
An all round introduction to WSH, demonstrates how to script network configuration, hardware, event log, security and system information retrieval. Also covers database access using ADO, email operations and admin tasks with WMI and ADSI (Active Directory Services Interface).

Windows NT/2000 ADSI Scripting for System Administration by Thomas Eck
This book documents the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) as they apply to systems administrators interested in using COM objects written in Visual Basic to automate administrative tasks. Administrators of large Windows NT and Windows 2000 networks will be able to put its ADSI solutions to profitable use immediately.

Windows Scripting Host by Tim Hill
A fine book covering the Windows scripting architecture, the VBScript language, WSH, and the WSH object model. Also covers creating COM objects in VBScript through the use of Windows Script Components. Readers looking for ready solutions to their administration woes will find some immediate results by deploying the proven sample scripts.

Windows Script Host Programmer's Reference by Dino Esposito
A good guide for newcomers. This book contains a complete reference to the WSH object model, plus source code, demonstration solutions and an introduction to custom objects for more experienced users.

More books and Links (NT, Oracle, SQL)

WSH Newsgroup

microsoft.public.scripting.wsh - a busy newsgroup regularly frequented by the developers of WSH.

Websites

MSDN Windows Script library - Full documentation of WSH, VBS and script components.

TechNet Script Centre - Sample scripts for Win 2000, XP, and Server 2003

WSH download Site

More Sites...

And finally a dissenting view
Some reasons you might grow to hate WSH...

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