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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

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

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Domain Naming Context

March 23, 2013 Mar 23, 2013 03/23/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to easily find the naming contexts for your AD DS domain. (image) How can I use a Windows PowerShell cmdlet to find information about my naming contexts for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)? (image) Use Get-ADRootDSE from the Active Directory module, pipe ...

Weekend Scripter: Explore AD DS Attributes with PowerShell

March 23, 2013 Mar 23, 2013 03/23/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to discover the names of attributes in Active Directory Domain Services. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the great things about writing a blog is the comments I receive. Most of the time the comments add illuminating information, express ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Name & OS Version of Domain Controllers

March 22, 2013 Mar 22, 2013 03/22/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the name and operating system version of all your domain controllers. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the name and operating system version of all my domain controllers? (image) Use the Get-ADDomainController cmdlet from the Active Directory module and a wild card ...

Explore Active Directory Users with PowerShell Out-GridView

March 22, 2013 Mar 22, 2013 03/22/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Windows PowerShell Out-Gridview cmdlet to examine user information in Active Directory. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like a way to use Windows PowerShell to view user information from Active Directory. I would like to be able to explore the returned ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to See Status of AD Optional Features

March 21, 2013 Mar 21, 2013 03/21/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to show the status of optional features in AD DS. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell and the Active Directory module to determine the status of optional features in AD DS? (image) Use the Get-ADOptionalFeature Windows PowerShell cmdlet. You can use a wildcard for the ...

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