Today Microsoft announced the availability of Microsoft Windows PowerShell RC2, the command line shell and scripting language that helps IT Professionals achieve greater productivity and control of system administration. Using a new admin-focused scripting language and consistent syntax and utilities, Windows PowerShell accelerates automation. Windows PowerShell is easy to adopt, learn, and use, because it works with existing IT infrastructure and scripting tools.

This Release Candidate 2 of Windows PowerShell addresses numerous customer requests based on their evaluation of Beta3 and RC1 including:
  • Direct ADSI support to allow IT Pros to more easily administer Active Directory
  • Improved support for Windows Management Instrumentation through ability to change WMI properties via methods
  • Additional logical operators (XOR and binary XOR) that make it easier to write sophisticated scripts
  • Improved help content and help functionality including new views that make it easier to find the right information.
  • Windows PowerShell 1.0 will release-to-web in Q4 CY06
  • Windows PowerShell will be leveraged by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and System Center Operations Manager 2007.
Download: Windows Powershell RC2
News source: MSDN Blogs via Bink


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(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by McLuke on 27 Sep 2006 - 12:40
sounds cool!

but will this powerful admin tool become another source of super virus?
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by RealFduch on 30 Sep 2006 - 15:56
It's as good for viruses as any command shell. Be it DOS or bash
Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by Emphatic on 01 Oct 2006 - 21:04
Except that powershell scripts are not run by default (i.e. they will not execute on double clicking the file etc...) which was not the case with the problematic vbs, bat etc scripting formats of the past.

I think the telling thing is that other teams at Micosoft are already using it - the number of times new technolgies are thrown out there with glitz and good intentions and you can see it won't make it because even the teams in MS (that need to actually produce stuff to sell) don't touch it.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by knight17 on 27 Sep 2006 - 16:59
It may have some restrictive factors, for security reasons.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Magallanes on 28 Sep 2006 - 14:36
It's a tool for linux/unix admin rather for a windows admin. Windows admins are more seasoned with visual tools rather to use a command line parameters (with the exception of ping, ipconfig and tracert)
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by freeeekyyy on 29 Sep 2006 - 06:46
Quote - Magallanes said @ #3
It's a tool for linux/unix admin rather for a windows admin. Windows admins are more seasoned with visual tools rather to use a command line parameters (with the exception of ping, ipconfig and tracert)


You realize that makes no sense, right? This is a windows tool. Obviously, if windows admins are using it, then windows admins know how to use it.
Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by Julius Caro on 01 Oct 2006 - 09:51
I think a lot of things can be done via commands too, it's just that we don't know
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Havin_it on 28 Sep 2006 - 22:24
Is this the shell formerly known as Go... sorry, Monad?
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by WitCh-Fire on 01 Oct 2006 - 01:40
Yes. They renamed it to PowerShell along with theyre numerous other name changes of other products to make it sound cooler, and more fluid.
Quote this comment #4.2 Posted by freeeekyyy on 01 Oct 2006 - 04:37
Quote - WitCh-Fire said @ #4.1
Yes. They renamed it to PowerShell along with theyre numerous other name changes of other products to make it sound cooler, and more fluid.

Or...because codenames are never final, unless you're apple.
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