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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Using PowerShell to Set Up Hyper-V

October 8, 2013 Oct 8, 2013 10/8/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, explains how to use Windows PowerShell to simplify the Hyper-V set-up process. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I am sitting here sipping a fairly nice cup of green tea. I wimped out this afternoon. I have a team meeting in a few minutes, so I did not take the time to make a proper pot ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Obtain Disk Image Info

October 7, 2013 Oct 7, 2013 10/7/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find basic disk image information. (image) How can I find basic information about the disk images on my Windows 8-based computer? (image) Use Get-ChildItem to find all of the *.iso files in your directory, pipe the results to Foreach-Object, ...

Use PowerShell to Bulk Create New Conference Rooms

October 7, 2013 Oct 7, 2013 10/7/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Tim Bolton, discusses how he used Windows PowerShell to create a bunch of new conference rooms. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have another guest blog post by Tim Bolton. In one way, today’s post is a continuation of the post we published on Friday about adding carriage returns to .csv files...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Event Logs with Events

October 6, 2013 Oct 6, 2013 10/6/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find all event logs that contain events. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find all traditional and non-traditional event logs that contain events? (image) Use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet to return all event logs, use Where-Object to filter the logs that &...

Weekend Scripter: A Reluctant Immersion to PowerShell

October 6, 2013 Oct 6, 2013 10/6/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Todd Klindt, reflects on his experience learning Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about writing books for Microsoft Press is that I am brought into contact with people that I otherwise might not talk to. I asked Todd Klindt to write a sidebar about his experience ...

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