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Troubleshooting Windows Management Framework 3.0 Beta Installation
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 is blocked when one or more of the following prerequisites are not met: When one or more of the conditions is not met, an error message, such as the following one, explains that the update does not apply to the system. WMF 3.0 Beta is shipped in four...
Scheduling Background Jobs in Windows PowerShell 3.0
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 schedule some routine maintenance on a server so that it runs at non-peak times. Although it was possible to use Task Scheduler to invoke scripts in Windows PowerShell 2.0, it was not trivial. What's more, you were responsible for writing code to store the detailed results o...
When Windows PowerShell Met Workflow
Meet the new kid on the block! Windows PowerShell Workflow (PSWF) is the latest addition to the Windows PowerShell family. 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 available, scalable computing services that leverage high volume components (servers, disks, RAM, etc.) High volume components are less reliable than their tier 1 counterparts and even those occasionally fail. The key to cloud computing is to use software to deliver a reliable service ...
Install PowerShell Web Access on non-English machines
We can check our emails, go on Facebook, and get news feeds on our favorite topics from anywhere and everywhere. Then why not manage our machines from everywhere as well! Windows Server 8 Beta brings you the new feature, Windows PowerShell Web Access, which provides a Windows PowerShell console in your web browser. What! If that’s your reaction, check out Introducing Windows PowerShell Web Access in Windows Server 8. This post offers a workaround for using Install-PswaWebApplication cmdlet on non-English Windows Server 8 Beta builds to install Windows PowerShell Web Access (aka PSWA). As a quick reminder, Wind...
Introducing Windows PowerShell Web Access in Windows Server 8 Beta
Windows PowerShell Web Access lets you manage your Windows Servers anywhere and anytime. Windows PowerShell MVPs are excited about Windows PowerShell Web Access. We just had a MVP summit here at Microsoft and I had the pleasure of talking to some of our MVPs. Some of them told me that PowerShell Web Access was the best part of Windows Server 8 Beta! Wow, that made me feel good. There are so many awesome things in Windows Server "8" Beta. Windows PowerShell by itself has several valuable improvements. I don’t know about being the best, but Windows PowerShell Web Access is going to be a hit. &nbs...
Windows Management Framework 3.0 Beta Available for Download
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 contains Windows PowerShell 3.0, WMI and WinRM. The Beta version also includes a Server Manager CIM provider. This CIM provider allows users of Server Manager in Windows Server “8” to collect and view management data from servers with Windows Management Framework ...
Last Call for PowerShell Deep Dive Session Proposals
Thank you to those who have already submitted a session proposal or two! We’ve received a lot of good ideas, and luckily there are a few days left for anyone still thinking about submitting a session for the upcoming PowerShell Deep Dive. Please send your proposed session title and brief abstract to TEC2012@quest.com before February 15th. We’re open to ideas for both the 75 minute regular sessions and the 35 minute deep dives. Proposals will be reviewed in the next week and responses will be sent out shortly after. Speaker packages include registration, airfare and hotel. Travis Jones [MSF...
It’s Time For Another PowerShell Deep Dive!
The PowerShell Deep Dive is going to be at The Experts Conference USA again this year! The event is being held in San Diego, CA from April 29 - May 2. Registration is currently open, but we wanted to provide some info on a few changes to the event structure. As usual, we will be sending some folks (probably ~3) from the PowerShell Team to this Deep Dive and will be kicking the event off with a Keynote. Registration Info: Early bird registration runs through the end of January and is priced at $1575. To sign up: Speaker Info: Good news f...
Another Holiday Gift from the PowerShell Team: PowerShell 3.0 CTP2 – Getting Started with Windows PowerShell Workflow
After delivering the Thanksgiving Gift this year, it’s time for a Holiday Gift …. No not as big as the one we had about 3 years ago …!! Today, we published the “Getting Started with Windows PowerShell Workflow” document on the CTP2 download page, just look for “WMF3 CTP2 Windows PowerShell Workflow.pdf”. This will help you get started with thenewest addition to PowerShell functionality – Windows PowerShell Workflow. Please continue to provide your feedback via PowerShell Connect so we can receive customer input in a timely manner. Hemant Mahawar [MSFT] Progra...