Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
PowerShell Features
PowerShell is a departure from the current management interfaces in Windows. As such, it has been built from the ground up to include a number of features that make CLI and script-based administration easier. Some of PowerShell’s more key features are as follows:
• It has thousands of command-line tools (referred to as cmdlets).
• The scripting language is designed to be readable and easy to use.
• PowerShell supports existing scripts, command-line tools, and automation interfaces, such as WMI, ADSI, .NET Framework, ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and so on.
• It follows a strict naming convention for commands based on a verb-noun format.
• It supports a number of different Windows operating systems ranging from Windows XP SP2 ...
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