I scored myself Windows Script Host to learn the fundamentals. Followed that up with ADSI Scripting for System Administration for reference.

Learn about the features in Windows Script Host and its native scripting engines, VBScript and JScript, that make automating just about any Windows task a snap.

Learn how to turn on or off, enable, disable Windows Script Host to fix message Windows Script Host access is disabled on this machine, in Windows 11/10.

Windows PowerShell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination," Microsoft explains.