.NET & IT Automation

There is a great article over at theserverside.net (http://www.theserverside.net/articles/article.aspx?l=Automation) that talks about the opportunities that are available using Windows Services and the .NET Framework FCL to automate IT tasks.

I know this hold true at my company.  We are finding things all the time that we can easily automate using .NET.  The ideas of automating task of course is not a new idea, but the  point the author of the article is trying to make is that .NET exposes the ability to write Windows Services in a easy manner compared to the past.  Leveraging the .NET Framework FCL within the Windows Services is also a plus compared to past technologies provided by Microsoft.