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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display Pop-Up Window

April 4, 2014 Apr 4, 2014 04/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to display a pop-up window by using Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to display a pop-up window to a user when a script or function has completed? (image) There are several ways to display a pop-up window, but the following command doesn’t require &...

Build a Tool that Uses Constrained PowerShell Endpoint

April 4, 2014 Apr 4, 2014 04/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to create a tool that can leverage a remote constrained endpoint to perform a task. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a tool that my Help Desk admins can use to audit and restart services, while limiting their access to the server? —TJ (image) Hello SH, Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, ...

Build Constrained PowerShell Endpoint Using Configuration File

April 2, 2014 Apr 2, 2014 04/2/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox teaches you how to build a constrained endpoint by using a configuration file. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy!, is there a better way to lock down my remote endpoint by using something other than a startup script? —SH (image) Hello SH, Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, ...

Build Constrained PowerShell Endpoint Using Startup Script

April 1, 2014 Apr 1, 2014 04/1/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to build a constrained endpoint by using a startup script. Hey, Scripting Guy!, how do I lock-down my remote endpoint to only certain commands? —GH Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the second part in a series of five posts about Remoting Endpoints. ...

Introduction to PowerShell Endpoints

March 31, 2014 Mar 31, 2014 03/31/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn about Windows PowerShell endpoints and how they relate to remoting. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I keep hearing about Windows PowerShell endpoints and constrained endpoints related to remote management. Can you tell me more about these? —KP (image) Hello, KP. Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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