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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.

Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Identify Network Drivers in Configuration Manager

November 19, 2015 Nov 19, 2015 11/19/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Configuration Manager cmdlets in Windows PowerShell to identify all network drivers. (image) I deal with drivers detection issues in Windows PE because we have too many network card drivers. How can I use Windows PowerShell to quickly show all of the network drivers in ...

PowerShell and Configuration Manager 2012 R2–Part 4

November 19, 2015 Nov 19, 2015 11/19/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Configuration Manager cmdlets to work with driver packages. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! My current job involves creating packages in Configuration Manager 2012. Is there some way to automate the process? It’s not that it’s actually difficult, but it is a very repeatable process. I thought to myself, “Repeatable...

PowerTip: Get List of Distribution Points with PowerShell

November 18, 2015 Nov 18, 2015 11/18/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the PowerShell cmdlets in Configuration Manager to pull a list of all distribution points. (image) How can I get an easy-to-read list of the distribution points in a site? (image) Load the Configuration Manager 2012 cmdlets, and run the following one-liner in PowerShell: Get-CMDistributionPoint | Select-Object ...

PowerShell and Configuration Manager 2012 R2–Part 3

November 18, 2015 Nov 18, 2015 11/18/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Configuration Manager cmdlets to update applications in distribution points. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m forever having the nightmare of going clickity, click, click, click when I’m working with my distribution points—especially when updating applications and packages. There must be some way to do this in ...

PowerTip: List Collections in Configuration Manager

November 17, 2015 Nov 17, 2015 11/17/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Configuration Manager cmdlets to show all available User and Device collections. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to list all the available User and Device collections in Configuration Manager 2012, and then export the list to a file? (image) Use the Get-...

Scripting Blog [archived]

November 2015 - Page 6 of 15 - Scripting Blog [archived]