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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

May 10, 2014 May 10, 2014 05/10/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Scott Ge and Bill Grauer share new Windows PowerShell resources: Script Browser and Script Analyzer. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blog from Scott Ge and Bill Grauer from Microsoft Customer Service and Support. Take it away Scott and Bill… To write quality script to automate IT, we ...

Using Windows PowerShell Jobs

December 31, 2012 Dec 31, 2012 12/31/12

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows an excerpt from his new step-by-step book about using Windows PowerShell jobs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I want to share a portion of my new Microsoft Press Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step book. This book is available now for preorder. Using Windows PowerShell Jobs...

Add Code Snippets to Your Script by Using the PowerShell ISE

February 13, 2011 Feb 13, 2011 02/13/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to modify the Windows PowerShell ISE to automatically add code snippets. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. There are advantages and disadvantages to using multiple computers. One of the advantages is that I get to see where I have assumed a dependency on some particular thing that I did not know existed. ...

Use Code Snippets to Simplify Writing PowerShell Scripts

February 5, 2011 Feb 5, 2011 02/5/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use code snippets to simplify writing Windows PowerShell scripts. Weekend Scripter: Code snippets Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. I was recently in a meeting in which Jeffrey Snover (the original architect for Windows PowerShell) was also present. I love hearing Jeffrey ...

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