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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

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

Script Wars: The Farce Awakens (part III)

December 20, 2017 Dec 20, 2017 12/20/17

Doctor Scripto

Summary: When last we saw our hero, Rey Skyworker, she was aiding her new co-worker, Tin. They managed to implement better error trapping by using the "Try Catch" statement in Windows PowerShell. The fact they could do this so easily it has tickled Tin's curiosity. ---------------------------- "Now Rey, I'm looking at this and as I see it, I...

Script Wars: The Farce Awakens (part II)

December 19, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 12/19/17

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Yesterday, we met a newly graduated IT professional, Rey Skyworker, as she discussed the ways of "The Farce." It was during this discussion that her instructor, Ben Kerberosie, discovered she had a natural gift in understanding how to implement some good practices into writing her scripts. Today, we sit quietly (I mean all of you in ...

Script Wars: The Farce Awakens (part I)

December 18, 2017 Dec 18, 2017 12/18/17

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Seven years ago, “Hey, Scripting Guy!” was approached by a member of the community to see if we would be interested in doing something a little fun for the holidays. The result was a seven-part series called “A PowerShell Carol.” So when we were approached continuously in following years, we allowed this madness to continue...

PowerTip: Get the Notes field when accessing users or groups in Active Directory

December 25, 2016 Dec 25, 2016 12/25/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Active Directory Module to get the information from the “Notes” field. (image) I’m trying to find the Active Directory property to use to access the Notes field when I’m viewing a user or a group. Could you lend me a hand? (image) No problem at all. The property you are looking for is and can be added when you use...

Curly Blue and the meaning of scripting – Part 5

December 25, 2016 Dec 25, 2016 12/25/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Curly Blue learns the true meaning of scripting in PowerShell. When we last saw our hero, Curly Blue, he had discovered not only the ease of use of PowerShell but also the vast community resources provided by Github. Because of this one reason alone, his co-workers, Loopy and Codestock, had no need to fret over the upcoming holiday ...

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