| Next Windows PowerShell will have GUI, remote management support |
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| Written by Administrator | |
| Wednesday, 07 May 2008 18:31 | |
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As Microsoft now confirms, there will be a unique graphical front end for editing scripts and running commands and cmdlets (compiled PowerShell keywords). And yes, Virginia, there will be a newly supported remote link to servers running Server Core, the new minimal Windows installation introduced in WS2K8. PowerShell can't run on Server Core natively because it requires the .NET Framework, which Microsoft has considered exporting to a command-line-only version, though it has yet to provide a roadmap for such a version. But Server Core systems are meant to be left running and then left alone anyway, and existing Microsoft management tools can run graphically on remote machines, monitoring and managing multiple Server Core installations simultaneously. As PowerShell's key architect and creator Jeffrey Snover told BetaNews this afternoon, while existing users have found a way to manage Server Core remotely using a variety of extensions, PS 2.0 will use the same channel Microsoft's graphical tools, like System Center, use: the WS-Management library. An updated version of the WinRM (Remote Management) toolkit, numbered 2.0, also entered public beta yesterday; this will provide the direct and unencumbered link between PowerShell running on a .NET-endowed server, and multiple Server Core systems in the network. The PS 2.0 CTP requires this beta version for its connectivity.
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Two of the single most begged for features for PowerShell, the devastatingly useful scripting tool now made an integral part of Windows Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2007, are being addressed in the Community Technology Preview for version 2.0.
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