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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

The Admin’s First Steps: Discovering Shares

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

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Richard Siddaway talks about using Windows PowerShell to discover shares on remote systems. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting using Windows PowerShell to administer my systems, and I’ve been asked to discover the shares on some remote servers. How can I do that? —OL (image) Hello OL, Honorary...

PowerTip: Run Remote Command in Disconnected Session

October 12, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 10/12/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to run a remote command in a disconnected session. (image) How can I run a remote command in a disconnected session? (image) Invoke-Command -ComputerName S1 -Scriptblock {<commands>} -InDisconnectedSession (image...

Disconnected Sessions: Phenotype and Genotype (Part 2)

October 12, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 10/12/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn about a revolutionary feature in Windows PowerShell 3.0 that lets you disconnect from and reconnect to PSSessions. Today we continue our exciting guest blog series that is written by Paul Higinbotham, a software design engineer for Windows PowerShell and June Blender, a senior programming writer for Windows Azure Active ...

PowerTip: Add Key-Value Pair to Ordered Dictionary

October 11, 2013 Oct 11, 2013 10/11/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Add a key-value pair to the first position in an ordered dictionary.(image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to add a key-value pair to the first position in an ordered dictionary?(image) Use the Insert method, which takes an index (starting with zero), a key, and a value. To add color = blue ...

ConvertTo-OrderedDictionary

October 11, 2013 Oct 11, 2013 10/11/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn about creating ordered dictionaries in Windows PowerShell 3.0. Hash tables are fabulous for storing data items that are associated with each other. The simple "key=value" format is easy to create and easy to search. The only problem is that the order of elements in the hash table is arbitrary. If you need to have ...

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