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March 2012 - PowerShell Team

Troubleshooting Windows Management Framework 3.0 Beta Installation

March 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012 03/22/12
PowerShell Team
This blog post explains how to resolve problems that may occur when you install Windows Management Framework (WMF) 3.0 Beta. WMF 3.0 Beta includes Windows PowerShell 3.0 Beta. You can find the WMF 3.0 Beta installation package on the Microsoft Download Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=240290. The WMF 3.0 package installation...

Scheduling Background Jobs in Windows PowerShell 3.0

March 19, 2012 Mar 19, 2012 03/19/12
PowerShell Team
One of the most common phone calls that the support team gets for Windows PowerShell is "How do I use Task Scheduler to schedule Windows PowerShell scripts?". As an administrator, you need to have full control over when scripts run in your environment. Perhaps you need run a script only during a one-off maintenance window or maybe you want to ...

When Windows PowerShell Met Workflow

March 16, 2012 Mar 16, 2012 03/16/12
PowerShell Team
Meet the new kid on the block! Windows PowerShell Workflow (PSWF) is the latest addition to the Windows PowerShell family. (image) First, let’s establish the context for the decision to integrate workflows into Windows PowerShell. It starts with cloud computing and Windows-based datacenters. Cloud computing provides a set of highly ...

Windows Management Framework 3.0 Beta Available for Download

March 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012 03/1/12
PowerShell Team
Yesterday we published a Beta version of the Windows Management Framework 3.0. Windows Management Framework 3.0 Beta makes some updated management functionality available to earlier versions of Windows. Windows Management Framework 3.0 Beta can be installed on the following Operating Systems:   Windows Management Framework 3.0 ...