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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

June 24, 2011 Jun 24, 2011 06/24/11

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Summary: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw, illustrates how to use a graphical Windows PowerShell script to create VHDs for Hyper-V. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. When I was talking to Marco about his way cool script to download TechEd sessions, he mentioned that he had been playing around with Hyper-V, and he asked ...

Use PowerShell to Back Up Your SharePoint Farm

June 22, 2011 Jun 22, 2011 06/22/11

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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to back up your SharePoint farm. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve heard that I can automate the backup of my SharePoint farm with a Windows PowerShell script, but it seems like it’s a lot more complicated than just calling STSADM or Backup-SPFarm? What should I be including in my...

Use PowerShell to Manage Scheduled Tasks in SharePoint

June 21, 2011 Jun 21, 2011 06/21/11

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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to manage scheduled tasks for your SharePoint Server. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the really cool things about being the Microsoft Scripting Guy is getting to meet lots of smart people who love Windows PowerShell as much as I do. I feel as if Jonathan Tyler is one of my ...

Using PowerShell to Get Data from a SharePoint 2010 List

February 15, 2011 Feb 15, 2011 02/15/11

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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get data from a SharePoint 2010 list. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to access data in a SharePoint 2010 list, but I do not have access to the server itself. All I can do is view the website and see the list in my browser. Can you help me? -- SA (image) Hello...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Configure a Huge Query Completion System

November 13, 2010 Nov 13, 2010 11/13/10

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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to turn a huge text file in to a query completion system, using Fast ESP 5.3 SP3. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today we have another guest blogger, Dennis Whitney. Here is what Dennis has to say about himself. I have been programming for a long-time, starting way back when...

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