Since I just got done with my Associates Degree, I needed something to keep me busy in the evenings before I get started with my Bachelors.

I've always wished there was a better way to manage server logs and I figured Perl would be the best way to do this. Everyone tells me that I should learn Perl and there have been several tasks where knowing Perl would have been a huge advantage.

Searching around a bit I found a Microsoft site that would help me get started sorting out my logs.

Here is is for everyone else. Looks like a great resource for m$ admins who know (or like me... are learning) Perl.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...l/default.mspx

I should now be well on my way to grabbing all my logs and sorting them into an easy to read format and waiting for me when I get into work. I always hated connecting to each server looking through endless entries looking for certain events.

If anyone has any more good resources, please do post them.

Looks like these are going to be of great help too....

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=re...EJDI-QHPpsiPDg
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=re...EJDI-QHPpsiPDg