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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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: Identify the numeric value of a custom (dingbat) character using PowerShell

August 12, 2016 Aug 12, 2016 08/12/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use PowerShell to determine the value of an Extended ASCII character to reproduce it for later use. (image) I have a really simple question that’s been bugging me. I have a string with a special (Extended ASCII) character that I scraped from some output. I can’t find the ASCII value of it to reproduce it. How can I get the value...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to remove a user from all site collections in SharePoint Online

July 27, 2016 Jul 27, 2016 07/27/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use PowerShell to remove a corporate user from all site collections in SharePoint Online. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to quickly remove a corporate user from all site collections in SharePoint Online? (image) Use the following commands (change the login user name as required): (image...

PowerTip: Find all devices connected to a computer

July 14, 2016 Jul 14, 2016 07/14/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use PowerShell to find all devices that are connected to a computer. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to list all devices that are connected to a computer? (image) Use the Get-PnpDevice cmdlet and the -PresentOnly switch. Here is an example: (image...

PowerTip: Get the public IP of an Azure VM with PowerShell

July 1, 2016 Jul 1, 2016 07/1/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Azure Resource Manager cmdlets to get the public IP address of an Azure virtual machine. (image) How can I get the public IP address information for an Azure Resource Manager virtual machine (VM)? (image) All you need to do is use Get-AzureRmVm to find the VM and pass it to Get-AzureRmPublicIPAddress as in the following ...

PowerTip: Get a GUI interface for any PowerShell cmdlet

June 30, 2016 Jun 30, 2016 06/30/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Show-Command to build PowerShell cmdlets. (image) I ran into a problem. Some cmdlets have too many parameters to list. Is there an easy way to build a cmdlet with its parameters for the console? (image) You’ll love this trick! Just use the Show-Command cmdlet with any PowerShell cmdlet to get a GUI interface. In the ...

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