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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

August 14, 2013 Aug 14, 2013 08/14/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display replication connections in Active Directory Domain Services. (image) How can I use a cmdlet from the Active Directory module to display replication connections in AD DS? (image) Use the Get-ADReplicationConnection cmdlet and select the ReplicateFromDirectoryServer ...

Use PowerShell to Change Sign-in Script and Profile Path

August 14, 2013 Aug 14, 2013 08/14/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to modify the sign-in script and profile path in Active Directory. Hey, Scripting Guy! We are in the middle of an Active Directory migration (primarily moving our client computers from Windows XP to Windows 8). We are also consolidating our file servers...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Get DHCP Server Database Info

August 13, 2013 Aug 13, 2013 08/13/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get the DHCP Server database information. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to get the database information for a DHCP server if I do not know the name of the server? (image) Use the ServerName property from the object returned by Get-DHCPServer to get the ...

Add User Principal Names in Active Directory via PowerShell

August 13, 2013 Aug 13, 2013 08/13/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to add user principal names to users in Active Directory. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We are planning for our Active Directory migration, and as part of that, I am reviewing users. The problem is that I found out that whoever set up our original installation...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to See Network Adapters Bound to TCP/IP

August 12, 2013 Aug 12, 2013 08/12/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 to see network adapters that are bound to TCP/IP. (image) How can I find all network adapters that are bound to TCP/IPv4 by using Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8? (image) Use the Get-NetAdapterBinding function, pipe the results to a Where-Object ...

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