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Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) Generic Script

Contributor(s): Toni Boger

Generic Script is a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) resource type in a server cluster or failover cluster that supports an application controlled by a script that runs in Windows Script Host (WSH). Windows Script Host is an automation technology that provides scripting abilities similar to batch files.

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