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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Use Windows PowerShell to Prepare for Migration from SharePoint 2007

July 10, 2014 Jul 10, 2014 07/10/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Marc Adam Carter talks about using Windows PowerShell to smooth the way for a large SharePoint 2007 migration. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today our guest blogger is Marc Adam Carter... If you’re responsible for administering a SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint 2010 farm, I’d have to say that things ...

Use PowerShell to Find Installed Software

November 15, 2013 Nov 15, 2013 11/15/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Marc Carter, reprises his popular blog post about locating installed software. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Marc Carter is joining us again today with another guest blog post... Looking back a couple years ago to my previous post, Use PowerShell to Quickly Find Installed Software, I find it interesting ...

Leveraging PowerShell to Help Minimize Risk While Performing Administrative Tasks

November 8, 2013 Nov 8, 2013 11/8/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Marc Carter, talks about learning to use Windows PowerShell and reducing security risks. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have back with us guest blogger, Marc Carter. Take it away Marc… Despite it becoming more and more of a necessity, I’m always surprised whenever I hear about ...

Recursively Search Active Directory Security Groups

September 17, 2013 Sep 17, 2013 09/17/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, system admin Marc Carter, talks about recursively searching AD security groups with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Marc Carter is back with us today as our guest blogger. Marc is a system administrator at the Corpus Christi Army Depot. Take it away, Marc… Like many other mid- to ...

Use PowerShell to Quickly Find Installed Software

November 13, 2011 Nov 13, 2011 11/13/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to quickly find installed software on local and remote computers. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Guest Blogger Weekend concludes with Marc Carter. The Scripting Wife and I were lucky enough to attend the first PowerShell User Group meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas. It was way cool, ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

Marc Carter - Scripting Blog [archived]