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Part I – A Beginner's Guide to Terminal Services

1	Terminal Services Overview
2	System Installation
3	Licensing
4	System Configuration
5	User Access and Client Software
6	Application Installation
7	System Administration and Operation
8	Server Sizing and Scalability

Part II – An Expert's Guide to Terminal Services

9	Terminal Server Internals
10	Network Planning and High Availability
11	User Environment
12	Access and Security
13	Printing
14	Registry
15	Scripting
16	Web Technologies

Part III – Terminal Services Complementary Concepts

17	Third Party Extension Products
18	Desktop and Application Virtualization
19	Deployment Automation
20	Resource and Security Management
21	Testing and Quality Assurance
22	Optimization and Performance Tuning
23	Project Methodology
24	Terminal Services API

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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services

15. Scripting

Posted by Benny Tritsch on September 16, 2008

[Scripting] [Command Shell] [ACS] [WSH and WMI] [PowerShell]

This chapter deals with terminal server scripting. It includes not only the default command shells but also different extension options. You will learn about the following.

Details of shell commands and scripts.
The secrets behind application compatibility scripts.
How to use Windows Script Host and Windows Management Instrumentation on terminal servers.
What can you do with PowerShell.

Experienced Microsoft Windows Server administrators might find information and techniques here that they already know. Scripting always used to be an important concept for managing large Microsoft Windows environments and was thus a well-established mechanism. The technology was improved over the last years and was well-documented in many help files and publications. For Windows Server 2008, more scripting options are available then ever before. This chapter summarizes the most pertinent information, always with a focus on terminal server operation.

IMPORTANT: Scripts can be a very powerful administration mechanism for terminal servers. However, scripts require a high degree of maintenance when the newest versions need to be installed on each terminal server in a large farm. Therefore, when planning scripts, bear in mind that the scripts might need to be started from a network share, as well.

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15	Scripting
15.1	Controlling Terminal Services from the Standard Command Shell
15.2	Application Compatibility Scripts
15.3	Windows Script Host and Windows Management Instrumentation
15.4	Microsoft PowerShell