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VBScript deprecation: Timelines and next steps

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Naveen_Shankar
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May 22, 2024
Scripting options for web development and task automation are modernizing. To provide you with the most modern and efficient options, we are replacing VBScript with more advanced alternatives such as...
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Jun 02, 2024

Naveen_Shankar 

I am seconding the requests for Microsoft's own dependencies on VBS.

 

The commenters named

  • Slmgr on Windows Server and Client, which are crucial. No ETA or change visible in Windows Server 2025. Here's a thread with ideas how to compensate it. 
  • Failover clustering scripts 
  • Logon /logoff scripts
  • MDT and ConfigMgr, no matter MDT is now deprecated for Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11
  • Conversion to PShell, actually copilot in Edge does a great job

I would like to add the following:

  • Print Management VBS scripts. Till today the PS commands from Microsoft should be improved
  • Office LTSC activation
  • Generally KMS and ADBA activation
  • I would appreciate your consideration to deprecate and remove cscript and wscript to remove attack surface using other script languages
  • ADK feature might have dependencies
  • Other Windows Server Roles and Features affected?
  • Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H2, Azure Stack HCI and WS Azure Edition should follow the same timeline for consistent protection and results. If VBS marks a security concern, Windows Server are even more prone attack targets.