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SC 305 Administrative Scripting for Windows Installer  rss

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Administrative Scripting for Windows Installer

Who Should Attend

  • Administrative Packagers 
  • Support Professionals
  • Deployment Professionals

Duration 

1 Day

 Price 

See Sched.

Offered 

- CA & Script Workshop
- Bootcamp

Prerequisites

- SC 150 

You Will Learn

  • Build package upgrade scripts
  • Manipulate installed packages on computers
  • Remote package management
  • Inventory packages
  • WMI event triggers
  • This course does not cover how to edit .MSI files using scripts.
Course Materials:
  • Course Manual With Reference Information.
  • Course CD with Bonus Resources.
  • Self Contained Labs - Reproducable at Home.
Tools, Utilities & Scripts:
  • Samples in shell script (.CMD) and WMIC
  • Samples in VBScript and MSH 

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Course Content

Managing Installed Packages 
  • Installation and upgrades 
  • Inventory and uninstall 
  • Maintenance of installed MSI packages
  • Remote scripting via WMI
  • Managing package source lists
Technologies 
  • MSI API's for installed packages
  • New MSI 3.0 scripting APIs 
  • Legacy Shell (.CMD) scripting
  • VBScript scripting (direct & WMI) 
  • WMIC scripting (XP and later only)   


Samples and Solutions 
  • Monitoring for new installs and notify or uninstall 
  • Inventory remote computers
  • Configure patch source lists (MSI 3 and later)
  • Maintain source lists
  • Locating and parsing log files

Special Script Editor Pre-Configured With Custom Syntax Highlighting, Code Completion and Tons of Useful Code Snippets!
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