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Hey, Scripting Guy! Tell Me About Remoting in Windows PowerShell 2.0

!-->!-->(Editor’s note: Portions of today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post are excerpted from the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson which is now available for pre-order.)Hey, Scripting Guy! I have heard that remoting is one of the cool new features of Windows PowerShell 2.0. What are the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! What Improvements Does Windows PowerShell 2.0 Have?

(Editor’s note: Portions of today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post are excerpted from the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson which is now available for pre-order.) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am curious about some of the new features of Windows PowerShell 2.0. I know that all of the old cmdlets ...

Windows Management Framework (with Windows PowerShell 2.0) was officially released today!

Windows Management Framework, which includes Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0, was officially released to the world this morning.  You can now easily manage your Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7,  Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP computers through Windows PowerShell ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! What Are the New Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 2.0?

(Editor’s note: Portions of today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post are excerpted from the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson which is now available for pre-order.) Hey Scripting Guy! I am curious about the new cmdlets that are available in Windows PowerShell 2.0. Do you have some sort of a ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use Windows PowerShell 1.0 Scripts on Windows PowerShell 2.0?

(Editor’s note: Portions of today's Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog post are excerpted from the Microsoft Press book, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson which is now available for pre-order.) Hey, Scripting Guy! I see that Windows PowerShell 2.0 has officially released now and is included in Windows 7 and Windows Server ...