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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 ...

Detection logic for PowerShell installation

June 25, 2009 Jun 25, 2009 06/25/09
PowerShell Team
"How do we programmatically detect that PowerShell is installed ?" - This question has started coming up frequently as more folks (both internally and externally) have started to build applications with PowerShell support. As we approach Win7/W2K8-R2 release, which will include PowerShell 2.0 in-box, it is pertinent to have the right ...

Installing Windows PowerShell V2 (CTP)

December 17, 2007 Dec 17, 2007 12/17/07
PowerShell Team
We released Windows PowerShell V2 (CTP) a while back. We have introduced remoting and Graphical PowerShell in the CTP and these place some additional set of dependencies on PowerShell installation. The earlier dependency on .Net 2.0 still holds good. 1.       WS-Management v1.1 is required for PowerShell remoting...

Windows Server 2003 SP2 upgrade

March 19, 2007 Mar 19, 2007 03/19/07
PowerShell Team
Because of the nature of the Windows Service pack (SP) releases, all the windows updates are consumed by SP upgrade. So once you upgrade to a new SP all the updates that were installed earlier cannot be uninstalled.  Since Windows PowerShell is released as an update to Windows, upgrading to W2k3 SP2 will remove the powershell ...