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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

May 18, 2015 May 18, 2015 05/18/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Easily find your Windows PowerShell version. (image) How can I find information about my Windows PowerShell version? (image) Use the $psversionTable automatic variable with the PSVersion property, for example: $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major (image...

Use PowerShell to Create Virtual Machine in Azure – Part 1

May 18, 2015 May 18, 2015 05/18/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use the Azure PowerShell cmdlets to identify built-in virtual machine templates. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here today to help out and give Ed a break (enjoy some tea and rest your fingers, my friend). In November, I touched on how to use Windows PowerShell for some overall setup and management of the Azure ...

PowerTip: Find PowerShell Aliases by Module

May 17, 2015 May 17, 2015 05/17/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find aliases by module. (image) How can I easily find which modules expose aliases? (image) Use the Get-Alias cmdlet and pipe the results to the Sort-Object cmdlet (Sort is an alias), for example: Get-Alias | sort modulename -Descending (image...

Weekend Scripter: Manage SQL Server Virtual Log File with PowerShell

May 17, 2015 May 17, 2015 05/17/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Microsoft PFE, Jonathan Yong, talks about using Windows PowerShell to manage the SQL Server virtual log file. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This is the week of new guest bloggers it seems. Today, please welcome Microsoft PFE, Jonathan Yong... Some time back, I was discussing a SQL Server administration ...

PowerTip: Find Aliases for PowerShell Cmdlets

May 16, 2015 May 16, 2015 05/16/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to find aliases for Windows PowerShell cmdlets. (image) How can I easily find all the aliases defined for a given Windows PowerShell cmdlet? (image) Use the –Definition parameter of the Get-Alias cmdlet, for example: Get-Alias -Definition Get-ChildItem (image...

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