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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Weekend Scripter: Using PowerShell to Replace STSADM

December 29, 2013 Dec 29, 2013 12/29/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn about a Windows PowerShell script to replace STSADM –o enumallwebs in SharePoint. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back today guest blogger, Brian Jackett. Brian is a senior premier field engineer at Microsoft who has specialized in SharePoint development, Windows PowerShell, and Project Server since ...

PowerTip: Get Time Difference between Dates with PowerShell

December 28, 2013 Dec 28, 2013 12/28/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use New-TimeSpan to produce the time difference between two dates. (image) I know I can subtract dates, but is there a Windows PoweShell cmdlet to show me the time difference between dates? (image) Use New-TimeSpan and supply the information! For example, to show the ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Host New Year’s Eve Countdown Clock

December 28, 2013 Dec 28, 2013 12/28/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use [DATETIME] variables and arrays to produce a countdown timer. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here filling in for our good friend, Ed. With the New Year coming up in a few days, I decided to present something silly and geeky. I want to use Windows PowerShell to produce a New Year’s countdown timer. Figuring out the ...

Phantom Elements in a Hash Table

December 27, 2013 Dec 27, 2013 12/27/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE and guest blogger, Chris Wu, talks about working with hash tables. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Chris Wu… Admittedly, hash tables didn’t catch my attention when I started using Windows PowerShell, but over time it has proven to be one of my favorites. This is ...

PowerShell Report for a Windows Failover Cluster

December 26, 2013 Dec 26, 2013 12/26/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to create a report for a Windows failover cluster. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Rhys Campbell… I’m involved in the administration of several Failover Clusters, and I wanted to be able to easily report on these and get an alert for any changes in status. ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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