Review

You've seen several examples of how logon (and logoff) scripts can be used in both AD and NT domains to provide automated client computer configuration. Don't forget, though, that servers are computers, too; using startup and shutdown scripts can be a great way to start third-party utilities on servers, collect software or hardware inventory information, and so forth. In any case, VBScript provides the flexibility and power you need to perform just about any task automatically at startup, logon, logoff, and shutdown.

COMING UP

In the next chapter, I'll provide some example domain administration scripts. You'll see how VBScript can be used to manage users, groups, and domains, and how you can automate processes like adding new users. After that, I'll show you some general network administration samples, and in Chapter 32 show you some all-purpose ADSI and WMI scripts that you can use to start writing your own scripts.