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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

May 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 05/31/18

Doctor Scripto

Here’s how to make sure your errors get caught with Try Catch Finally.

PowerTip: Get all your local certificates by using PowerShell

May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 05/9/18

Doctor Scripto

How can I use Windows PowerShell to enumerate all certificates on my Windows computer?

PowerTip: Build simple HTML with PowerShell

March 15, 2018 Mar 15, 2018 03/15/18

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Here’s how to use the ConvertTo-HTML cmdlet to build basic HTML content. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Occasionally I need to build basic HTML documents. I heard there was a way to do that with Windows PowerShell. (image) There most certainly is! Just use the ConvertTo-HTML cmdlet to save the day! For example...

PowerTip: Create new authentication keys for AzureRM Cognitive Services

February 28, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 02/28/18

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Change the keys to authenticate to Azure RM Cognitive Services, by using Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I created the keys for my Rest API. I know I can change them in the web portal, but is there a faster way of doing it through Windows PowerShell? (image) There absolutely is! Just use the New-...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to read an RSS feed

February 21, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 02/21/18

Doctor Scripto

Summary: “Hey, Scripting Guy!” shows you how to use Invoke-RestMethod to read a list of entries from an RSS feed. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the list of articles from an RSS feed? (image) Just use the Invoke-RestMethod and provide the full path to the link to the RSS feed. Here is an example: Invoke-...

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