OK, we’ve all heard of Microsoft trying to withdraw support for a product (NT 4.0 anybody?), but at a recent partner event they stated that support for VBscript is to be phased out. Apparently there is a replacement product codenamed Monad, which will allow the scripting of console applications. When I pushed for timescales, I was told that it won’t be tomorrow, but could be as soon as 12-18 months before VBscript is withdrawn.
Expect to see an outcry soon from Windows system administrators everywhere!
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“Support” doesn’t mean “inclusion,” though. VBScript is still being packaged with future versions of Windows, it just isn’t being developed anymore. Finally… something that’s “done.” :)
VBScript phasing out .. but still included and supported until 2020.
I think it’s fair to say that the landscape was very different when I wrote this post, back in 2004! At that time the idea of PowerShell replacing VBscript was alarming – 8 years on and things are very different…