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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Parallel Processing with jobs in PowerShell

December 11, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 12/11/19

Doctor Scripto

Joel Vickery discusses an introductory use of PowerShell jobs and working with data

Using Windows PowerShell Jobs

December 31, 2012 Dec 31, 2012 12/31/12

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows an excerpt from his new step-by-step book about using Windows PowerShell jobs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I want to share a portion of my new Microsoft Press Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step book. This book is available now for preorder. Using Windows PowerShell Jobs...

Increase Performance by Slowing Down Your PowerShell Script

February 3, 2012 Feb 3, 2012 02/3/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script he presented earlier this week. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script three days ago to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet. Although the script did an ...

Speed Up Excel Automation with PowerShell Jobs

February 2, 2012 Feb 2, 2012 02/2/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script that he presented in his previous two blogs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script two days ago to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet: Beat the Auditors...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Receive All Windows PowerShell Jobs?

March 18, 2010 Mar 18, 2010 03/18/10

ScriptingGuy1

(image) (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I like the idea of using Windows PowerShell jobs in a script. The problem is that I have multiple jobs I want to run. I would like to be able to wait until all the jobs have completed, and then receive the jobs all at once. Is this possible? I looked around at the job cmdlets and I do not see an ...

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