The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.

Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Manage DNS in a Windows Environment by Using PowerShell

September 13, 2010 Sep 13, 2010 09/13/10

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Summary: Manage DNS in a Windows environment by using Windows PowerShell. Guest Blogger Richard Siddaway shows how to do it in a simple and effective manner. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! What can I do with Windows PowerShell to manage my DNS infrastructure? -- RS (image) Hello RS, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here...

Modify the PowerShell ISE to Automatically Add a Script Header

September 12, 2010 Sep 12, 2010 09/12/10

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Summary: Customize the Windows PowerShell ISE by automatically adding custom headers to new scripts. The Microsoft Scripting Guys show you how. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Oliver, my friend in Regensburg, Germany, was having a problem adding a user to a group from another forest. He kept asking me questions when I was...

Automatically Add Comment-Based Help to Your PowerShell Scripts

September 11, 2010 Sep 11, 2010 09/11/10

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Summary: Automatically add comment-based help to your Windows PowerShell scripts; learn how in this how-to article by Scripting Guy Ed Wilson. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Last Sunday, I spent the morning creating a Windows PowerShell ISE profile. Today, I thought I would add something to that profile that will make my ...

Copy CSV Columns to an Excel Spreadsheet by Using PowerShell

September 9, 2010 Sep 9, 2010 09/9/10

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Summary: Join the Microsoft Scripting Guys as they show you how to copy CSV columns to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet by using Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I love comma-separated value (CSV) files. To me, it seems as if that was the best way to store data. It is almost universally accepted and is still widely used...

Copy Data from One Excel Spreadsheet to Another with PowerShell

September 8, 2010 Sep 8, 2010 09/8/10

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Summary: The Microsoft Scripting Guys show you how to copy data from one Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to another one by using Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have this monster Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that I need to make changes to. Frankly, it kind of scares me, because we use this spreadsheet for just about ...

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