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Summary : Sean Kearney shows how to determine virtual machine start mode by using Windows PowerShell. How can I tell which virtual machines will start automatically? Use the Get-VM cmdlet, and check the AutomaticStartAction property: Get-VM | Format-Table Name,AutomaticStartAction -autosize

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to change the virtual machine network configuration in Windows Server 2012. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. If you are a seasoned Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog reader, you know that the most frequent guest blogger is Sean Kearney. If you are new...

Summary : Sean Kearney explains how to use Windows PowerShell to find running virtual machines. How can I find a list of virtual machines on my computer that is running Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V? Use the Get-VM cmdlet and filter on the State property: Get-VM | Where { $_.State -eq 'Running...

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows Server 2012 to obtain a list of virtual machines. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. If you are a seasoned Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog reader, you know that the most frequent guest blogger is Sean Kearney. If you are new to the blog...

Summary : SQL Server MVP, Kendal VanDyke, talks about using Windows PowerShell to discover, diagnose, and document all your computers running SQL Server. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Kendal VanDyke is with us today to wrap up SQL Server Week. Kendal VanDyke is a practiced IT professional...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Chad Miller shares his top ten tips for the SQL Server Windows PowerShell scripter. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today’s blog is a bit unique. I was throwing around ideas with Chad Miller, and somehow we came up with the idea that he would...

Summary : SQL Server MVP, Sean McCown, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to clean-up SQL Server jobs. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we wrap up the weekend with the last of three blogs by guest blogger, Sean McCown. You can read more about Sean and his previous guest blogs on...

Summary : SQL MVP, Sean McCown, talks about using Windows PowerShell to examine Dirty and Expensive SQL Server properties. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Here is blog two of three in a series from guest blogger, Sean McCown. Yesterday, we published Use PowerShell to Work with SQL Server...

Summary : SQL Server MVP, Sean McCown, talks about using Windows PowerShell to work with SQL Server instance-level properties. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the first of three blogs written by guest blogger, Sean McCown. You can read more about Sean and his previous guest blogs...

Summary : Guest blogger, Tom Stringer, illustrates how to troubleshoot an AlwaysOn availability group by using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. We welcome back guest blogger, Thomas Stringer, for Part 3 of this three-part series. To catch up, read: Part 1: Set Up...

Summary : Guest blogger, Tom Stringer, illustrates how to monitor an AlwaysOn Availability Group by using Windows PowerShell to ensure high availability functionality in an environment. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have another blog in our SQL Server Week series from Microsoft...

Summary : Microsoft SQL Server PFE, Thomas Stringer, talks about using Windows PowerShell to set up an AlwaysOn availability group. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we kick off SQL Server Windows PowerShell Week. Our first blog of the series is a guest blog written by SQL Server...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Niklas Goude, talks about using Windows PowerShell to upload a new version of a file to SharePoint. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Niklas Goude is our guest blogger. You can read more from Niklas in his past Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog posts . ...

Summary : Microsoft premier field engineer, Chris Wu, talks about combining Windows PowerShell arrays. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Chris Wu, a Microsoft PFE, is back to share his knowledge. See previous Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog guest posts from Chris. Here is contact information...

Summary : Prepare for the Advanced category of the 2013 Scripting Games with this practice event. Instead of a PowerTip today, we bring you Don Jones from www.powershell.org and the practice event. This is a practice event . You will not submit this event to the actual Scripting Games, and no...

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have Don Jones, from www.powershell.org and a practice event for the Beginner category of the 2013 Scripting Games. This is a practice event . You will not submit this event to the actual Scripting Games, and no official judging will be available...

Summary : The 2013 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games Competitor’s Guide is posted today. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Don Jones from PowerShell.org is back with us today with the 2013 Scripting Games Competitor’s Guide. Take it away, Don… Welcome to...

Summary : Announcing the Windows PowerShell 2013 Scripting Games, which begin April 22, 2013. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Don Jones is with us today from the offices of PowerShell.org . Tell us what you know about the 2013 Windows PowerShell Scripting Games, Don… The Games...

Summary : Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, talks about installing WSUS on Windows Server 2012 via Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back today to Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox . Without further ado, here is Boe… In a previous Hey, Scripting Guy...

Summary : Guest blogger, Bob Stevens, talks about using Windows PowerShell to clean out temporary folders on desktops following a malware infection. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we welcome back our newest guest blogger, Bob Stevens. Yesterday Bob wrote about a quick script that...

Summary : Guest blogger, Bob Stevens, shares a script to pick out comments from a Windows PowerShell script. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger, Bob Stevens. I made Bob’s virtual acquaintance recently when I did a Live Meeting presentation to the Twin...

Summary : Microsoft senior technical writer, Yuri Diogenes, and knowledge engineer, Tom Shinder, talk about using Windows PowerShell to protect a Windows Server 2012-based cloud infrastructure. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Guest bloggers Tom Shinder and Yuri Diogenes are back with...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVPs, Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks, talk about a fundamental tool design consideration. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we will not have our usual PowerTip . Instead we have excerpts from seven books from Manning Press. In addition, each blog will...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVPs, Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks, talk about the impact of Windows PowerShell scope when creating tools. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we will not have our usual PowerTip . Instead we have excerpts from seven books from Manning Press. In addition...

Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Richard Siddaway, talks about using Windows PowerShell and WMI to work with performance counters and Windows assessment. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we will not have our usual PowerTip . Instead we have excerpts from seven books from Manning...