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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

JSON Is the New XML

April 23, 2014 Apr 23, 2014 04/23/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: June Blender provides a primer about JSON. Honorary Scripting Guy, June Blender, here. Today I'm going to introduce you to JSON. June is a writer for the Azure Active Directory SDK. She is also a frequent contributor to the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog and for PowerShell.org. She lives in magnificent Escalante, Utah, where she works ...

PowerTip: Find Largest File in User Profile with PowerShell

April 22, 2014 Apr 22, 2014 04/22/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the largest file in your user profile. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the largest file in my user profile? (image) Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet (dir is an alias for the Get-ChildItem), do a recursive search of your user profile ...

Remediate Active Directory Members that Don't Support LVR

April 22, 2014 Apr 22, 2014 04/22/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ian Farr talks about using Windows PowerShell to find and remediate Active Directory members that don’t support linked-value replication. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we welcome back Microsoft PFE, Ian Farr, as our guest blogger. To read more of Ian's previous guest posts, see these Hey, Scripting Guy...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Size of User Profile

April 21, 2014 Apr 21, 2014 04/21/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the size of your user profile. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the size of my user profile and to see the size of the largest file in my profile? (image) Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet, recurse through your profile directory, pipe the results to &...

PowerShell and TFS: The Basics and Beyond

April 21, 2014 Apr 21, 2014 04/21/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn about Windows PowerShell and Team Foundation Server. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am happy to introduce a new guest blogger, Susan Ferrell. Susan has spent most of her professional life working with computers, from basement tech startups to high-end datacenters. She’s a senior technical writer at ...

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