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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

December 19, 2013 Dec 19, 2013 12/19/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to discover console color assignment. (image) How can I see what colors are assigned in the Windows PowerShell console? (image) Use the Get-Host cmdlet and expand the PrivateData property: (get-host).privatedata (image...

Migrating Host-Named Site Collections

December 19, 2013 Dec 19, 2013 12/19/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE, Chris Weaver, talks about using Windows PowerShell to migrate host-named site collections. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back today to guest blogger, Chris Weaver… This week I was onsite with a customer in North Carolina. They were migrating to SharePoint 2013, but ...

PowerTip: PowerShell One-Liner to Find Short Aliases

December 18, 2013 Dec 18, 2013 12/18/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use this Windows PowerShell one-liner to find one-, two-, three-, and four-letter aliases. (image) How can I use a Windows PowerShell one-liner to find the number of default aliases that are one, two, three, and four letters long? (image) Use the range operator to create an array ...

Store PowerShell Profile on SkyDrive

December 18, 2013 Dec 18, 2013 12/18/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, JD Platek, talks about storing the Windows PowerShell profile on SkyDrive. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I would like to introduce a new guest blogger. Please welcome JD Platek. (image) JD has been in IT since 2003, and he is an Exchange Server 2010 and Office 365 MCM. He has supported many ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to List App Background Task Info

December 17, 2013 Dec 17, 2013 12/17/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to list app background task information. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find performance information about app background tasks on my laptop running Windows 8.1? (image) Open Windows PowerShell with Admin rights. Use the Get-AppBackgroundTask cmdlet, &...

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