====== [hemmerling] Scripting Languages for Windows 1/3 ====== Related page: *[[wscripting02.html|Scripting Languages for Windows 2/3 - Windows PowerShell]]. *[[wscripting03.html|Scripting Programming Languages for Windows 3/3 - Testing with Windows PowerShell]]. ===== Organisations, Events ===== *[[http://www.psugh.de/|PowerShell Usergroup Hannover]], [[http://psugh.github.io/|GitHub.io "PowerShell Usergroup Hannover"]], [[http://www.github.com/psugh|GitHub "PowerShell Usergroup Hannover"]] of Hannover, Germany ( 2014-01-24,.. ). *Twitter hashtag #PSUGH. *Meetings in Hannover. *[[http://www.meetup.com/PowerShell-Usergroup-Hannover/|Meetup "PowerShell Usergroup Hannover"]] ( 2017-08-18,... ). *[[http://psugh.slack.com/|Slack "PSUGH"]] ( Power Shell User Group Hannover ). *~~[[http://www.meetup.com/German-PowerShell-Usergroup/|Meetup "German PowerShell Usergroup"]]~~ - PSUGH was just a "subgroup". *Free events of [[http://www.netz-weise.de/user-groups/powershell-user-group.html|Holger Voges, Netz-Weise - PowerShell User Group Hannover]] - Announcments of new meeting dates. *As of 2017, a web link ( URL ) to the live video broadcasting. The live video broadcast is performed by Skype-Business, but you just need a Windows PC, Skype-Business is not needed ) is included in the newsletter announcement of an event :-). *There is no other source for this web link :-(, i.e. it is not published on the Meetup.com event page. *~~[[http://www.powershell-group.eu/|PowerShell Community]]~~, ~~[[http://www.xing.com/communities/groups/powershell- usergroup-hannover-973d-1050146|XING "Powershell Usergroup Hannover"]]~~ - outdated, not updated since 2014. *~~[[http://www.powershell-group.eu/events/|PowerShell Community "PowerShell User Group Hannover - Veranstaltungen"]]~~ - outdated, not updated since 2014. *[[http://www.xing.com/communities/groups/powershell-usergroup-hannover-973d-1050146|XING "PowerShell Usergroup Hannover"]]. *Starting with 2015-02-20, there will be a meeting on every 3rd. Friday in a month :-). *[[http://www.meetup.com/German-PowerShell-Usergroup/|Meetup "German PowerShell Usergroup"]]. *[[http://www.meetup.com/German-PowerShell-Usergroup/events/239185584/|Meetup "German PowerShell Usergroup", Event "PowerShell Usergroup #region Hannover 21. April"]]. *[[http://www.powershell.de/Powershell/Konferenz/|powershell.de "PowerShell Community Konferenz"]]. *[[http://www.powershell.de/Powershell/Konferenz/|powershell.de "PowerShell Community Konferenz"]]. *in Oberhausen, Germany ( 2013-04-09 - 2014-09-11, 2014-05-06 - 2014-05-08 ). *in Essen, Germany ( 2015-04-21 - 2015-04-23 ). *[[http://www.powertheshell.com/psconf2015/|PowerTheShell - Home of the ISESteroids for PowerShell "German PowerShell Conference 2015"]]. *[[http://www.powertheshell.com/psconf2015/wpk2015materials/|PowerTheShell - Home of the ISESteroids for PowerShell "Conference Materials & Impressions"]]. *[[http://www.psconf.eu/|PowerShell Conference EU]] ( PSConfEU ). *Hannover. *[[http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxgrI58XiKnDDByjhRJs5fg|YouTube Channel "PowerShell Conference EU"]]. *[[http://www.github.com/psconfeu|GitHub "PowerShell Conference Europe"]]. *Dates: *2016-04-20 - 2016-04-22. *2017-05-03 - 2017-05-05. *2018-04-17 - 2018-04.20. *2019-06-04 - 2019-06-07. *2020 cancelled :-(. *[[http://www.powershell.one/psconfeu/psconf.eu-2020/about|psconf.eu Virtual Mini Conference 2020]] - "Free Virtual Mini Conference", "Join our virtual Mini Conference June 2+3, 2020, 5pm CEST! Below are the details. Our prerecorded sessions are live already". *[[http://www.heise.de/news/PowerShell-Conference-Europe-2020-faellt-aus-aber-nicht-ganz-4768634.html|heise online "PowerShell Conference Europe 2020 fällt aus – aber nicht ganz"]]. *2021 canceled :-(. *[[http://www.hcc.de/programm/powershell-conference-eu-2020/|HCC "!Verlegt in 2022! Powershell Conference EU 2021"]]. *Vienna. *[[http://www.psconf.eu/|PowerShell Conference EU]] ( PSConfEU ) in Vienna ( 2022-06-20 - 2022-06-23 ). *[[http://www.zazzle.de/powershell+kleidung|Zassel "Powershell Kleidung"]]. *Videos: *[[http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxgrI58XiKnDDByjhRJs5fg|YouTube "PowerShell Conference EU"]]. *[[http://www.youtube.com/user/holgervoges|YouTube "holger voges"]]. *PowerShell Saturday. *[[http://www.powershellsaturday.com/events/|PowerShell Saturday]] - international. *[[http://munich.eventful.com/events/1-powershell-saturday-deutschland-/E0-001-090087041-0|Eventuful "1. PowerShell Saturday Deutschland in Unterschleißheim"]], 2016-06-11. *[[http://psugh.github.io/saturday/|PowerShell Usergroup Hannover "PowerShell Saturday in Hannover"]]. *2016. *[[http://www.xing.com/communities/posts/powershell-saturday-in-hannover-1012893572|XING "Microsoft Powershell", Thread "Powershell Saturday in Hannover"]], 2016-03-23 - "Die Powershell Usergroup Hannover plant Mitte Juni einen Powershell-Saturday in Hannover. Falls jemand Interesse hat, als Sprecher oder bei der Organisation mitzuwirken - jede Hilfe ist willkommen! Bitte bei mir melden". *[[http://www.meetup.com/PowerShell-Usergroup-Hannover/events/241972323/|Meetup "Powershell Saturday - ein geballter Tag Powershell-Wissen"]], 2017-08-26. *[[http://www.meetup.com/PowerShell-Usergroup-Hannover/events/253238580/|Meetup "Powershell Saturday, 2nd Edition"]], 2018-08-26. *[[http://www.meetup.com/PowerShell-Usergroup-Hannover/events/262836522/|Meetup "Powershell Saturday 3.0, 2019 Edition"]], 2019-09-05. *[[http://www.xing.com/communities/groups/microsoft-powershell-5906-1060773|XING "Microsoft Powershell"]]. ===== COMMAND.COM, 4DOS ===== *[[http://www.jpsoft.com/| JP Software]] *4DOS - free command shell for MSDOS, Win95, Win98, Win98SE, WinME. *4NT - commercial command shell for W2k, WinXP. *[[http://www.4dos.info/|4DOS.INFO - Klaus Meinhard's Homepage]] - "Everything about 4DOS and Batch Programming - Alles zu 4DOS und Batch-Programmierung". *How to redirect StdErr with 4DOS & 4NT, to save it to a file: "application.exe >&>saved_stderr.txt". *How to redirect StdErr with 4DOS & 4NT, to append it to a file: "application.exe >>&>saved_stderr.txt". ===== Frontier ===== *The free [[http://scripting.com/frontier5/downloads/default.html|Scripting.com "Frontier 5.0.1"]] for Windows, by [[http://www.userland.com/|Userland]]. ===== Visual Studio Tools for Office ===== *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_Tools_for_Office|EN.Wikipedia: "Visual Studio Tools for Office"]]. ===== Windows PowerShell ===== *See [[wscripting02.html|Scripting Programming Languages for Windows 2/2 - Windows PowerShell]]. *See [[wscripting03.html|Scripting Programming Languages for Windows 2/2 - Testing with Windows PowerShell]]. ===== Windows Scripting Host (WSH), VBScript,.. ===== ==== Development Tools ==== *Commercial Tools. -The commercial [[http://www.sapien.com/software/primalscript|SAPIEN Technologies, Inc "PrimalScript"]]. -The formerly commercial, now free free [[http://www.scriptinternals.com/|ScriptInternals "SystemScripter"]] by Tobias Weltner. *[[http://www.powertheshell.com/systemscripter-support/|powertheshell.com - Home of the ISEStereoids for PowerShell "SystemScripter Support - Continue to use SystemScripter without Activation"]] - "For many years, we provided a sophisticated editor experience for VBScript called 'SystemScripter'. Now, 14 years after Microsoft stopped active VBScript development, we, too, finally retire the SystemScripter software. Effective immediately, SystemScripter software is no longer available for purchase, and no new activations are supported. In this article, you find the steps to bypass activation and use the software for as long as you may find it useful". At the same time, SystemScripter can now be used freely by anyone" -The commercial [[http://www.onscript.com/|XL.now "OnScript"]]. -The commercial [[http://www.adminscripteditor.com/|Admin Script Editor (ASE)]]. -The commercial [[http://www.vbsedit.com/|VbsEdit]]. -The software tool "Script Store Tool" by Bobby Malik is distributed exclusively with the book "Practial Windows Administration Scripting", shipped on CD. -[[http://www.sapien.com/|SAPIEN Technologies, Inc.]]. *[[http://www.primaltools.com/downloads/communitytools/|PrimaTools "Community Tools"]] -The free PrimalPad Community Edition - "A single file editor with color coding for HTML, VBScript, JScript and PowerShell, with line numbers and a multi-tabbed environment. No installation required, just one single executable file. Free for personal, educational or non-profit use". -The free WMI Explorer. -The free WMI Wizard. *Free WSH Tools, by Microsoft Download Center -[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Script_Debugger|EN.Wikipedia "Microsoft Script Debugger"]] *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2f465be0-94fd-4569-b3c4-dffdf19ccd99|Microsoft Download Center: Script Debugger for Windows NT 4.0 and Later]]. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E606E71F-BA7F-471E-A57D-F2216D81EC3D|Microsoft Windows Script Debugger for Windows 98 and Me]]. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6430F853-1120-48DB-8CC5-F2ABDC3ED314|WMI Administrative Tools]]. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2CC30A64-EA15-4661-8DA4-55BBC145C30E&displaylang=en|WMI Code Creator v1.0]]. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D7BA3CD6-18D1-4D05-B11E-4C64192AE97D&displaylang=en|The WMI Diagnosis Utility -- Version 2.0]]. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=09DFC342-648B-4119-B7EB-783B0F7D1178&displaylang=en|Scriptomatic 2.0]] for MSIE. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5233b70d-d9b2-4cb5-aeb6-45664be858b6&displaylang=en|Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tool : OLE/COM Object Viewer]]. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D187C9D7-FFA8-49CD-BB33-363DB8FA481E&displaylang=en|Do-It-Yourself Script Center Kit]]. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E7877F67-C447-4873-B1B0-21F0626A6329&displaylang=en|Script Encoder]]. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=408024ED-FAAD-4835-8E68-773CCC951A6B&displaylang=en|Windows Script Component Wizard]], for .wsc files. -[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=be596899-7bb8-4208-b7fc-09e02a13696c&displaylang=en|Microsoft Exchange Server Error Code Look-up]]. *[[http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2008/06/17/8611734.aspx|Aaron Stebner's WebLog: "Information about the err.exe tool I use to look up error codes when debugging setup issues"]]. ==== Resources ==== *[[http://www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement/adminscripts/|ActiveXperts: Scripts Collection]]. *[[http://alperguc.blogspot.com/2008/11/c-wmi-startup-programs-list-startup.html|Programming Blog by ASG "C# WMI Startup Programs, List Startup Applications with ManagementClass"]]. *[[http://www.devguru.com/|DevGuru]]. *[[http://www.devguru.com/technologies/vbscript/|VBScript - Introduction]]. *[[http://www.devguru.com/technologies/wsh/home.asp|WSH - Introduction]]. *[[http://www.devguru.com/technologies/technologies.asp|Quick References]] - WSH, VBScript,.. *IDispatch. *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDispatch|EN.Wikipedia: "IDispatch"]]. *[[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ee198909.aspx|Microsoft TechNet: Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide - COM Objects]] - "As noted previously in this chapter, VBScript works with a subset of objects known as Automation objects. All COM objects must support one or more interfaces, which are simply the avenues by which a COM client can access the COM server. Any object that supports the IDispatch interface is known as an Automation object. Because not all COM objects support the IDispatch interface, VBScript cannot access all of the COM objects on your computer". *Blog [[http://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/sebastianklenk/|Microsoft Technet "Sebastian Klenk's Blog"]]. *[[http://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/sebastianklenk/2016/05/04/powershell-playground-automatisierung-von-system-center-configuration-manager-teil-1von3/|Microsoft Technet, Sebastian Klenk's Blog "PowerShell Playground – Automatisierung von System Center Configuration Manager (Teil 1/3)"]]. *[[http://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/sebastianklenk/2016/05/04/powershell-playground-repository-server-zur-verwaltung-und-pflege-von-powershell-skripten-teil-2von3/|Microsoft Technet, Sebastian Klenk's Blog "PowerShell Playground – Repository Server zur Verwaltung und Pflege von PowerShell-Skripten (Teil 2/3)"]]. *[[http://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/sebastianklenk/2016/05/04/powershell-playground-grafische-benutzeroberflachen-fur-powershell-skripte-teil-3von3/|Microsoft Technet, Sebastian Klenk's Blog "PowerShell Playground – Grafische Benutzeroberflächen für PowerShell-Skripte (Teil 3/3)"]]. *Microsoft TechNet Script Center. *[[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/scriptcenter/|Microsoft TechNet "Script Center"]] / [[http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ScriptCenter/en-us/|Microsoft TechNet Script Center Gallery]]. *Microsoft Download Center: [[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B4CB2678-DAFB-4E30-B2DA-B8814FE2DA5A&displaylang=en|TechNet Script Center Sample Scripts]]. *[[http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/csharp/cs_network/wmi/article.php/c6035/|Codeguru: "A Simple Guide to WMI Provider"]]. *[[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc231199%28PROT.13%29.aspx|Microsoft Developer Network ( MSDN ): "Win32 Error Codes"]]. *[[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d1wf56tt%28VS.85%29.aspx|Microsoft Windows Script Technologies]]. *[[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t0aew7h6%28VS.85%29.aspx|VBScript]]. *[[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hbxc2t98%28VS.85%29.aspx|JScript (Windows Script Technologies)]]. *[[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393026%28VS.85%29.aspx|Refreshing WMI Data in Scripts]] - "Windows 2000: The capacity to refresh data in scripts is not supported". *[[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa394582%28VS.85%29.aspx|Windows Management Instrumentation]] by MSDN Windows Developer Centre. *[[http://www.theopensourceu.com/|The Open Source]]. *[[http://www.theopensourceu.com/2009/05/debug-vbscript-with-visual-studio/comment-page-1/|Debug VBScript with Visual Studio]]. *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_SDK|EN.Wikipedia: "Microsoft Windows SDK"]]. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=484269E2-3B89-47E3-8EB7-1F2BE6D7123A&displaylang=en|Windows® Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK Full Download]], for W2k. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F26B1AA4-741A-433A-9BE5-FA919850BDBF&displaylang=en|Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5]]. *[[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924.aspx|Windows Developer Center > Learn > Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit]]. *These directories contain VBS code *".\Samples". *".\Samples\SysMgmt\WMI\Scripting". *".\Samples\SysMgmt\Msi\Scripts",... *Windows Script 5.7. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C03D3E49-B40E-4CA1-A0C7-CC135EC4D2BE&displaylang=en|Windows Script 5.7 for Windows 2000]], by Microsoft Download Center. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=47809025-D896-482E-A0D6-524E7E844D81&displaylang=en|Windows Script 5.7 for Windows XP]], by Microsoft Download Center. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F00CB8C0-32E9-411D-A896-F2CD5EF21EB4&displaylang=en|Windows Script 5.7 for Windows Server 2003]], by Microsoft Download Center. *Windows Script 5.6 *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en|Windows Script 5.6 for Windows XP and Windows 2000]], by Microsoft Download Center. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=01592C48-207D-4BE1-8A76-1C4099D7BBB9&displaylang=en|Windows Script 5.6 Documentation]], by Microsoft Download Center. *[[http://ip-tietgennet.tietgen.dk/staff/mlha/Download/WIN/|TietgenSkolen, Mogens Lind Hansen]] - Windows Script documentation, as Windows help files, by Microsoft *wscdoc.exe - Windows Script components. *wshdoc.exe - Windows Scripting Host. *vbsdoc.exe - Visual Basic Script (VBScript). *jsdoc.exe - JScript. *[[ftp://ftp.fh-muenchen.de/pub/windows/32-bit/win32/MS%20fixes/vbasic%20%20java%20script%202.0/vbsdoc.exe|vbsdoc.exe]] - Windows Script documentation, as HTML files, by Microsoft. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9C80B0DF-B9B4-4FCB-B513-02F8F40049E8&displaylang=en|VBScript Quick Reference]], by Microsoft Download Center. *[[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=75CCA21A-53B9-4949-9B62-A8FC7926E914&displaylang=en|Script Center All-in-One]], by Microsoft Download Center. *[[http://www.vb-helper.com|VB Helper]] by Rod Stephens, Rocky Mountain Computer Consulting, Inc. *[[http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_2005_wmi_get_os_info.html|Use WMI to get lots of information about the operating system in Visual Basic 2005]]. *[[http://community.spiceworks.com/|Spiceworks Community]]. *[[http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/4|Setting The Default WMI Namespace Security]]. *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Script_Host|EN.Wikipedia: "Windows Script Host"]]. *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JScript|EN.Wikipedia: "JScript"]]. *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vbscript|EN.Wikipedia: "VBScript"]]. *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_object_model|EN.Wikipedia: "Component Object Model"]]. *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Management_Instrumentation|EN.Wikipedia: "Windows Management Instrumentation"]]. ===== Experts ===== ==== Bruce Payette ==== *"Windows PowerShell in Action". *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1935182137/hemmerling-21|Bruce Payette "Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition"]] - "This updated edition covers the latest changes in PowerShell 2.0, due in October 2009, with full chapters on remoting". *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1633430294/hemmerling-21|Bruce Payette "Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition"]], 2016-10. *Accompanying websites: *[[http://www.manning.com/payette/|Manning "Windows PowerShell in Action"]] for 1st. edition. *[[http://www.manning.com/books/windows-powershell-in-action-second-edition|Manning "Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition"]]. *[[http://www.manning.com/books/windows-powershell-in-action-third-edition|Manning "Windows PowerShell in Action, Third Edition"]]. *"Manning Early Access Program (MEAP) Read chapters as they are written, get the finished eBook as soon as it’s ready, and receive the pBook long before it's in bookstores". *"Publication in Spring 2016 (estimated)". *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3446412395/hemmerling-21|Bruce Payette, Walter Doberenz "Windows PowerShell im Einsatz"]], 2007. *[[http://www.twitter.com/BrucePayette|Twitter "Bruce Payette, @BrucePayette"]]. *[[http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2006/04/28/586260.aspx|Windows PowerShell Blog. Automating the world one-liner at a time… "Bruce Payette is writing a book: PowerShell in Action"]], 2006-04-28. *[[http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2014/06/07/weekend-scripter-cool-powershell-profile-functions-from-bruce-payette.aspx|Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Learn about Windows PowerShell "Weekend Scripter: Cool PowerShell Profile Functions from Bruce Payette"]], 2014-06-07. ==== Alan Renouf @ VMware ==== *[[http://www.virtu-al.net/|Virtu-Al.Net - Virtually everything is POSHable]]. *[[http://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/|VMware, Alan Renouf "VMware PowerCLI Blog"]]. *The free "VMware PowerCLI" software: *[[http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/|VMware "Download VMware vSphere PowerCLI"]]. *[[http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/|VMware "vSphere PowerCLI Documentation"]]. ==== Holger Voges ==== *[[http://www.netz-weise.de/|Holger Voges, Netz-Weise]] *[[http://www.twitter.com/holgervoges|Twitter "Holger Voges, @HolgerVoges"]]. ==== Ed Wilson ==== *He is one of the [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd901334.aspx|Scripting Guys]] from Microsoft’s Script Center. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735663394/hemmerling-21|Ed Wilson: "PowerShell 3.0 : Windows PowerShell 3.0 step by step"]], 2013. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735626464/hemmerling-21|Ed Wilson "Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices"]], 2010. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735622795/hemmerling-21|Ed Wilson "Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide"]], 2008. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0011W6S7U/hemmerling-21|Ed Wilson: "Microsoft Windows Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide"]]. *The paper book is shipped with a PDF book issue, on CD. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3866456026/hemmerling-21|Ed Wilson: "Windows-Scripting mit WMI - Eine praxisorientierte Einführung"]], 2006. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735622973/hemmerling-21|Ed Wilson: "Microsoft VBScript Step by Step"]], 2006. *The paper book is shipped with a PDF book issue, on CD. *Chapter 21: "Troubleshooting WMI Scripting", making use of *WMI Control Tool. *Scriptomatic. *The Windows Management Instrumentation Tester ( WBEMtest.exe ). *Err Tool. *MofComp.exe. *WMIcheck ( on CD ). *[[http://www.edwilson.net/|Ed Wilson's website]]. *[[http://www.edwilson.net/vbscript_tips1.htm|Ed Wilson: "VBScript tips and tricks"]]. *Blog "[[http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/|Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog]]". *Webcasts [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/scriptcenter/dd901154.aspx|Scripting Guys Webcasts]]. ==== Tobias Weltner & Holger Schwichtenberg ==== === Training === *[[http://www.powershell.de/|powershell.de - Jetzt PowerShell 3.0/4.0 lernen! Mit Dr. Tobias Weltner, Peter Monadjemi und Dr. Holger Schwichtenberg]] - "PowerShell-Kurse/Seminare & In-House-Schulungen mit den deutschen Top-Experten". === Tobias Weltner === *[[http://www.powertheshell.com/|PowerTheShell - Home of the ISESteroids for PowerShell]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3866456875/hemmerling-21|Tobias Weltner: "Scripting mit Windows PowerShell 3.0 - Der Workshop: Skript-Programmierung mit Windows PowerShell 3.0 vom Einsteiger bis zum Profi"]], 2013 #. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3866456808/hemmerling-21|Tobias Weltner "Windows PowerShell 2.0 Scripting für Administratoren: Das Praxisbuch mit Rezepten zur automatisierten Verwaltung von Windows-Systemen"]], 2011. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3772364853/hemmerling-21|Tobias Weltner: "Scripting Host Praxisbuch, m. CD-ROM"]], 2nd. Edition, 2001. *Chapter 5 "Scripting Host mit Ausgabefenster". *Chapter 10 "Programme fernsteuern". *Chapter 13 "Der neue WSH 5.6" - new chapter in the 2.nd edition. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3772366856/hemmerling-21|Tobias Weltner: "Scripting Host Werkzeugkasten"]], 2001. *[[http://www.scriptinternals.com/|ScriptInternals]] by Tobias Weltner. *[[http://www.scriptinternals.com/new/us/default.asp?41001|Scriptinternals: "WMI Namespace 'root\cimv2'"]] - WMI Reference for W2k, WinXP, W2003. *[[http://www.pscommunity.de/|Tobias Weltner "powershell.de - PowerShell-Wissen in deutsch"]]. === Holger Schwichtenberg === *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3446440704/hemmerling-21|Holger Schwichtenberg: "Windows PowerShell 4.0: Das Praxisbuch"]], 2014 #. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827331757/hemmerling-21|Holger Schwichtenberg, Peter Monadjemi: "Windows PowerShell 3.0: Das Praxisbuch (net.com)"]], 2013. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827332052/hemmerling-21|Holger Schwichtenberg: "Windows Scripting lernen - Von Windows Script Host und Visual Basic Script bis zur Windows PowerShell: Windows Script Host, Visual Basic Script, Windows PowerShell"]], 2012. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827329094/hemmerling-21|Holger Schwichtenberg: "Windows Scripting - Für alle Windows-Versionen (inkl. XP, Server 2003/R2, Server 2008/R2, Vista, Windows 7): Automatisierte Systemadministration mit mit dem Windows Script Host 5.8 und der Windows PowerShell 2.0 (net.com)"]], 2009. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672329662/hemmerling-21|Holger Schwichtenberg "Essential PowerShell"]], 2008. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827325331/hemmerling-21|Holger Schwichtenberg "Windows PowerShell. Konzepte, Praxiseinsatz, Erweiterungen"]], 2007. *My book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827321700/hemmerling-21|Holger Schwichtenberg: "Windows Scripting lernen"]], 2004. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827319366/hemmerling-21|Holger Schwichtenberg: "COM-Komponenten-Handbuch. Systemprogrammierung und Scripting mit COM-Komponenten"]], 2001. *[[http://www.it-visions.de/|IT-Visions]] / [[http://www.it-visions.de/scripting/|Windows-Scripting.de]] by Holger Schwichtenberg. *[[http://www.it-visions.de/Leser|Windows-Scripting.de, Community-Portal-Anmeldung]]. *[[http://www.it-visions.de/Vortraege|IT-Visions "Öffentliche Vorträge von unseren Experten"]]. *[[http://www.it-visions.de/produkte/vortragsdetails.aspx?v=8108|IT-Visions "Das ist neu in Windows PowerShell 5.0"]], 2015-09-19 - Slides & code are offered for free download. ==== Peter Kriegel ( local Expert in Lower Saxony ) ==== *[[http://www.xing.com/profiles/Peter_Kriegel|Peter Kriegel]]. *[[http://www.powershell-group.eu/|PowerShell Community]], Hannover. *[[http://www.admin-source.de/|PowerShell Get-Script -Name Peter Kriegel ! Management ( Admin-Source.de )]]. *[[http://www.admin-source.de/BlogDeu/buecher-books|PowerShell Get-Script -Name Peter Kriegel ! Management ( Admin-Source.de ) "Bücher / Books"]]. *[[http://www.admin-source.de/BlogDeu/kostenlose-powershell-ebook-tutorial-workshop-howto|PowerShell Get-Script -Name Peter Kriegel ! Management ( Admin-Source.de ) "Kostenlose PowerShell eBook Tutorial Workshop Howto"]]. *[[http://www.youtube.com/user/GermanPowerShell|YouTube Channel "Peter Kriegel"]]. *[[http://www.github.com/Kriegel|GitHub "Kriegel"]]. *[[http://www.twitter.com/PeterKriegel|Twitter "Peter Kriegel"]]. ==== Podcasts ==== *[[http://www.powershell.org/wp/powerscripting-podcast/|PowerScripting Podcast]]. *[[http://www.youtube.com/user/PowerScriptingLive|YouTube "PowerScripting Podcast"]]. *[[http://powerscripting.libsyn.com/|PowerScripting Podcast. A Podcast for people learning and using Windows PowerShell]]. ==== Free Books about PowerShell ==== === E-Books === *The free PDF book [[http://go.veeam.com/powershell-study-guide|Veeam, Jeffrey Hicks "POWERSHELL FOR NEWBIES. Getting started with PowerShell 4.0"]]. *[[http://www.veeam.com/powershell_for_newbies_getting_started_powershell4_wpp.pdf|Veeam, Jeffrey Hicks "POWERSHELL FOR NEWBIES. Getting started with PowerShell 4.0"]] ( PDF ). *[[http://www.powershell.org/wp/ebooks/|PowerShell.org / Penflip "Free eBooks"]]. -[[http://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/why-powershell|Warren Frame, Don Jones "Why PowerShell?"]]. -[[http://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/secrets-of-powershell-remoting|Don Jones, Tobias Weltner, Dave Wyatt, Aleksandar Nikolic "Secrets of PowerShell Remoting"]]. -[[https://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/creating-html-reports-in-powershell|Don Jones "Creating HTML Reports in PowerShe.ll"]]. -[[http://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/powershell-networking-guide|Ed Wilson "Windows PowerShell Networking Guide"]]. -[[http://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/the-big-book-of-powershell-gotchas|The Big Book of PowerShell Gotchas]]. -[[http://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/ditch-excel-making-historical-and-trend-reports-in-powershell|Don Jones "Ditch Excel: Historical and Trend Reports with PowerShell and SQL Server"]]. -[[http://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/the-community-book-of-powershell-practices|Dave Wyatt "The Big Book of PowerShell Error Handling"]]. -[[http://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/the-dsc-book|Don Jones, Steve Murawski, Stephen Owen "The DSC Book"]]. -[[http://www.penflip.com/powershellorg/a-unix-persons-guide-to-powershell|Matt Penny "Introduction to PowerShell for Unix People"]]. *Book 'Keith Hill: "Effective Windows PowerShell"', 2009. *[[http://rkeithhill.wordpress.com/|Keith Hill's Blog]]. *[[http://rkeithhill.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/effective-windows-powershell-the-free-ebook/|Keith Hill's Blog "Effective Windows PowerShell: The Free eBook"]], 2009-03-08. *The free online readable book and free PDF book [[http://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=5A8D2641E0963A97!6929&ithint=file%2cpdf&app=WordPdf&authkey=!AJdUaNzW7L9yC18|Microsoft Live - OneDrive "Keith Hill: Effective Windows PowerShell"]]. === Resources === *[[http://www.onlinevideolecture.com/ebooks/?subject=Windows-PowerShell|OnlineVideoLecture "Free Windows PowerShell eBooks Download"]]. *[[http://blogs.technet.com/b/pstips/archive/2014/05/26/free-powershell-ebooks.aspx|TechNet Blogs "Windows PowerShell tips from the field" - "Free PowerShell eBooks"]] === auswerten. *[[http://www.hofferle.com/list-of-free-powershell-ebooks/|Jason Hofferle - Force Multiplication through IT Automation "List of Free PowerShell eBooks"]] == auswerten. ==== Some other Books about PowerShell ==== *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1849689423/hemmerling-21|Jonas Andersson, Mike Pfeiffer: "Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 PowerShell Cookbook: Second Edition"]], 2013. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1484200179/hemmerling-21|Ravikanth Chaganti: "Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration revealed"]], 2014. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590599403/hemmerling-21|Hristo Deshev "Pro Windows PowerShell"]], 2010. *Book [[http://www.herdt.de/artikel/WPOW40/PowerShell-4-0/|Andreas Dittfurth: "PowerShell 4.0. Grundlagen und Verwaltung des Active Directory"]], 2014. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1449322700/hemmerling-21|Douglas Finke: "Windows Powershell for Developers"]], 2012. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1506082564/hemmerling-21|Ed Goad: "Windows Server 2012 automation with PowerShell cookbook : over 110 recipes to automate Windows Server administrative tasks by using PowerShell"]], 2015. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1118013867/hemmerling-21|Matthew Hester, Sarah Dutkiewicz "Automating Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows PowerShell 2.0"]], 2011. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1849686807/hemmerling-21|Carl Jones: "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Developer’s Compendium: The Best of Packt for Extending SharePoint"]] - "Build an engaging SharePoint site with Visual Studio, Sliverlight, PowerShell, and Windows Phone 7". *Don Jones, SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1617292184/hemmerling-21|Don Jones, Richard Siddaway, Jeffery Hicks: "PowerShell in depth : an administrator's guide"]], 2014, 2nd. edition - "Covers PowerShell 3.0". *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1617290556/hemmerling-21|Don Jones, Richard Siddaway, Jeffery Hicks: "PowerShell in depth : an administrator's guide"]], 2013 - "Covers PowerShell 3.0". *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1617291080/hemmerling-21|Don Jones, Jeffrey Hicks: "Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a month of lunches"]], 2012. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00CAYJ2TE/hemmerling-21|Lee Holmes: "Windows PowerShell Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Scripting Microsoft's Command Shell"]], 2013. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1449320961/hemmerling-21|Lee Holmes "Windows PowerShell pocket reference"]], 2013. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00MXH3RRQ/hemmerling-21|Brian Knittel "Windows 7 and Vista Guide to Scripting, Automation, and Command Line Tools"]], 2010. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672329883/hemmerling-21|Tyson Kopczynski, Pete Handley, Marco Shaw "Windows PowerShell Unleashed"]], 2008. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/8126516178/hemmerling-21|Arul Kumaravel, Jon White, Michael Naixin Li, Scott Happell, Guohui Xie, Krishna C. Vutukuri: "Professional Windows Powershell Programming: Snap-ins, Cmdlets, Hosts, and Providers"]], 2008 -> How to develop software for Powershell, as .NET developer ( Hosting PowerShell in own applications and developing own Cmdlets ). *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470939206/hemmerling-21|Gary Lapointe, Shannon Bray "Automating SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 2.0"]], 2011. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/067233691X/hemmerling-21|Steven Mann: "PowerShell for SharePoint 2013 How-To"]], 2013. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3960090277/hemmerling-21|Rolf Masuch, Thorsten Butz: "Windows PowerShell 5 - kurz & gut"]], 2016. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3658029633/hemmerling-21|Peter Monadjemi: "PowerShell für die Windows-Administration : ein kompakter und praxisnaher Überblick"]], 2014. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3866456174/hemmerling-21|Peter Monadjemi "Windows PowerShell - Crashkurs"]], 2007. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00CAYJ2TE/hemmerling-21|Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Guy Yardeni, Chris Amaris: "Windows Server 2012 Unleashed"]], 2013. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470477288/hemmerling-21|Ananthakumar Muthusamy, Yan Pan "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell"]], 2009. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827323592/hemmerling-21|Eriq Neale "Small Business Server 2008 : das Praxisbuch für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen"]], 2009 - "Administration von Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2007, Share Point Services 3.0, IIS 7.0, Windows Vista- und XP-Clients... Automatisierung mit Windows PowerShell" *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3897214873/hemmerling-21|Andy Oakley "Schnelleinstieg in die Windows PowerShell"]], 2007. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596100094/hemmerling-21|Andy Oakley "Monad"]], 2006. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1849684103/hemmerling-21|Yaroslav Pentsarskyy: "Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0: Expert Cookbook"]], 2011. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1849686467/hemmerling-21|Donabel Santos: "SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook"]], 2012. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1617291315/hemmerling-21|Richard Siddaway, Oisin Grehan, Jeffrey Hicks, Aleksander Nikolic: "PowerShell Deep Dives"]], 2013. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1617290114/hemmerling-21|Richard Siddaway: "PowerShell and WMI"]], 2012. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1935182005/hemmerling-21|Richard Siddaway "PowerShell in Practice"]], 2010. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/389842880X/hemmerling-21|Helma Spona "Windows PowerShell. Für Administratoren und Power-User"]], 2007. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470386800/hemmerling-21|William R. Stanek, James O'Neill, Jeffrey Rosen "Microsoft PowerShell, VBScript & JScript Bible"]], 2009. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00MEYFVR2/hemmerling-21|Brian Svidergol, Robbie Allen: "Active Directory cookbook"]], 2013 - "4th Edition - Covers Windows Server 2012 and PowerShell 3.0". *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1118027310/hemmerling-21|Ken St. Cyr, Laura E. Hunter: "Automating Active Directory administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0"]], 2011. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471946931/hemmerling-21|Andrew Watt "Professional Windows PowerShell"]], 2007. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1430268484/hemmerling-21|Jaap Wesselius, Michel de Rooij: "Pro Exchange 2013 SP1 PowerShell Administration: For Exchange On-Premises and Office 365"]], 2014. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3944749006/hemmerling-21|Carlo Westbrook: "Windows Server 2012 R2 : der schnelle Einstieg"]], 2015 - "inklusive Einführung in Windows PowerShell 4.0". ==== Some other Books about VBScript and WSH ==== *Günter Born. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3860636731/hemmerling-21|Günter Born: "Inside Windows Script Host"]], 2001. *Chapter 11 "WSH-Erweiterung mit Microsoft Office". *[[http://www.borncity.de/|Günter Born's website "BornCity"]]. *[[http://freenet-homepage.de/gborn/WSHBazaar/|Günter Born's additional homepage "Windows Script Host Bazaar"]]. *Jerry Lee Ford, Jr. *[[http://www.courseptr.com/downloads/|Course Technology PTR]] - official book website of Jerry Lee Ford, Jr. and other authors. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1598638033/hemmerling-21|Jerry Lee Ford, Jr.: "Microsoft WSH and VBScript Programming for the Absolute Beginner"]]. *The Hangman Game ( Chapter 9 "Handling Script Errors", Chapter 10 "Using the Windows Registry to configure Script Settings" ). *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931841268/hemmerling-21|Jerry Lee Ford, Jr.: "Windows Shell Scripting and WSH Administrator's Guide"]]. *Don Jones, SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321501713/hemmerling-21|Don Jones: "VBScript, WMI, and ADSI Unleashed: Using VBScript, WMI, and ADSI to Automate Windows Administration"]], 2007. *[[http://www.scriptinganswers.com/|ScriptingAnswers.com]] - official book website. *William R. Stanek. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764546775/hemmerling-21|William R. Stanek: "Windows 2000 Scripting Bible"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470386800/hemmerling-21|William R. Stanek, James O'Neill, Jeffrey Rosen: "Microsoft Powershell, VBScript & JScript Bible"]]. *[[http://www.williamstanek.com/|William R. Stanek's website]] *[[http://www.williamstanek.com/books/scripting/index.htm|Windows 2000 Scripting Bible]] - no downloads. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3815572991/hemmerling-21|Rolf Frey: "Scriptprogrammierung unter Windows 9x/ NT Programmier- Workshop"]]. *Helma Spona. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/389842555X/hemmerling-21|Helma Spona: "Einstieg ins Windows Scripting. Inkl. Microsoft Shell"]]. *[[http://www.helma-spona.de/|Helma Spona' website]]. *[[http://openbook.rheinwerk-verlag.de/|Publisher's website "Rheinwerk Computing"]] - no downloads anymore :-(. *Peter Aitken. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/382725602X/hemmerling-21|Peter G. Aitken: "Windows Scripting Guide . Anleitungen und Lösungen zur Scriptprogrammierung"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883577977/hemmerling-21|Peter Aitken: "Web developer's Guide to JavaScript und VBScript: Your Complete Guide to Creating Live, Interactive Online Applications"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN//0130287016/hemmerling-21|Peter G. Aitken: "Windows Script Host"]]. *[[http://www.pgacon.com/|Peter Aitken's Pages]] - but now download ! *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/8131502651/hemmerling-21|Bobby Malik: "Practical Windows Administration Scripting"]]. *The book is shipped with the software tool "Script Store Tool", on CD. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893115674/hemmerling-21|Stein Borge: "Managing Enterprise Systems with the Windows Script Host"]]. *[[http://www.apress.com/book/view/1893115674|Book website]] - "You will need to answer questions pertaining to this book in order to successfully download the code" (?). *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672322501/hemmerling-21|Gerry O'Brien: "WSH and ADSI Administrative Scripting: Scripting for Network Administration Automation"]]. *[[http://www.informit.com/authors/|Publishing House website]] - no downloads ! *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470168080/hemmerling-21|Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Kathie Kingsley-Hughes, Daniel Read : "VBScript Programmer's Reference"]]. *[[http://www.p2p.wrox.com/|Publisher's website]] (WROX) - "Code Resources". *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596004885/hemmerling-21|Paul Lomax, Matt Childs, Ron Petrusha: "VBScript in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3772362036/hemmerling-21|Evangelos Petroutsos, Bill Schongar: "VBScript Professionell"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3827210119/hemmerling-21|Ron Schwarz, Ibrahim Malluf, Wiliam Beem, Yusuf Malluf, Michael Marchuk: "QUE Special Edition VBScript. Referenz und Anwendungen"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3772369634/hemmerling-21|Ch J. Goddard, M. White: "VBScript Handbuch"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3877918905/hemmerling-21|Keith Brophy, Tim Koets: "Visual Basic Script in 21 Tagen"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3860633988/hemmerling-21|Alan Simpson: "Das offizielle Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Site Builder Toolkit."]]. ==== Some other Books about COM, DCOM ==== *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572313498/hemmerling-21|Dale Rogerson: "Inside Com"]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1929629036/hemmerling-21|John E. Swanke: "COM Programming by Example: Using MFC, ActiveX, ATL, ADO, and COM+"]]. ==== Some other Books ==== *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/386063383X/hemmerling-21|David Chappell: "ActiveX und OLE verstehen. Ein Leitfaden für Entwickler und Manager"]]. *[[http://www.davidchappell.com/books/book_Activex_OLE.html|David Chappell's website]]. *Book [[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321256190/hemmerling-21| Johnson M. Hart: "Windows System Programming"]]. ==== Commercial Trainings ==== *[[http://www.pluralsight.com/training|Pluralsight - Hardcore Dev and IT Training]] - Commercial online trainings: -"Everyday PowerShell for Developers by Jim Christopher" *"Studioshell (Visual Studio Automation)". *"PSSake (MSBuild Automation)". -"Introduction to NuGet by John V. Petersen". ===== Forums, Newsgroups ===== *[[http://www.adminscripteditor.com/forum/|Admin Script Editor]] Forum. *[[http://www.facebook.com/powerscripting|Facebook "PowerScripting Podcast"]]. *Google Groups: *[[http://groups.google.com/group/pester|Google Groups "Pester"]]. *[[http://groups.google.com/group/chocolatey|Google Groups "chocolatey"]]. *[[http://groups.google.com/group/boxstarter|Google Groups "Boxstarter"]]. *[[http://www.it-visions.de/foren|www.IT-Visions.de-Diskussionsforen]]. *[[https://blog.poshgui.com/forum/|POSHGUI Forum]]. *[[http://www.powershell-group.eu/|PowerShell Community]], Germany. *[[http://www.pscommunity.de/forums/forum/powershell/|powershell.de - PowerShell-Wissen in deutsch, PowerShell-Foren]]. *[[http://www.powershell.com/cs/forums/|PowerShell.com - The Community for PowerShell People, Forums]]. *[[http://www.scriptinganswers.com/forum2/|ScriptingAnswers - Discussion Zone]], [[http://support.sapien.com/forum/|SAPIEN Technologies Support Forums]]. *[[http://psugh.slack.com/|Slack "PSUGH"]] ( Power Shell User Group Hannover ). *[[http://www.scriptinternals.com/new/us/default.asp?forum1|ScriptInternals Forum]]. *[[http://www.vbforums.com/|VBWire VBForums]]. *[[http://www.visualbasicscript.com/|VBScript Forum]]. *[[http://community.scriptingprovip.com/forums/|WindowsIT Pro Scripting Forums]]. *[[http://p2p.wrox.com/vbscript-77/|WROX - Programmer to Programmer Forums "VBScript"]]. *[[http://www.onscript.com/forum/|XL.now OnScript Forum]]. *Microsoft Discussion Groups *[[http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi&cat=en_US_53370577-e09d-4532-b3ab-cc7cc38ebc4b&lang=en&cr=US|Discussions in WMI Programming]]. *[[http://www.xing.com/communities/groups/microsoft-powershell-5906-1060773|XING "Microsoft Powershell"]]. {{tag>powershell ps ps1 "windows scripting host" windows scripting host wsh command.com command 4dos 4nt }}