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Microsoft to withdraw support for VBscript

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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I pushed for timescales, I was told that it won’t be tomorrow, but could be as soon as 12-18 months before VBscript is withdrawn.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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4 responses to “Microsoft to withdraw support for VBscript”

  1. Mark’s (we)Blog » Microsoft Scripting Host (Monad)

    […] few weeks back I published a post about Microsoft’s plans to withdraw support for VBscript. One of my clients tipped me off a couple of days back with some more information about the new […]

  2. Don Jones avatar
    Don Jones

    “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.” :)

  3. Paul avatar
    Paul

    VBScript phasing out .. but still included and supported until 2020.

  4. Mark Wilson avatar
    Mark Wilson

    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…

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