What is PowerShell 1

[mikrom]

I got today an automatic optional update with Powershell 1.0 for Windows Vista.
I have never seen PowerShell before and by searching the web for informations I found this forum.

So, I have some questions:

1. What is the place of PowerShell in Windows Scripting? Is it just new language included with WSH (Windows Script Host), or is it a new standalone scripting alternative for Windows?

2. When I looked at the language, it looks for me at the first sight similar to Perl. Is that a Perl dialect for Windows or a Perl like language? Are there regular expressions, lists and hashes available in PowerShell too?

 

[markdmac]

PowerShell is the next scripting language from Microsoft. It utilizes a Verb-Noun structure such as Get-Mailbox. The language is not a Perl derivative, however Microsoft has taken structure from a number of languages to make PowerShell the most powerful scripting language for Windows Systems.

All future MS products are being designed with PowerShell in mind. Exchange 2007 was the first product released with this integration. In fact, there are some things that are not accessible via the GUI that can only be configured via PowerShell. The new Exchange Management Console is nothing more than a wrapper to execute PowerShell commands.

PowerShell has the ability to execute VBScripts in addition to PS1 scripts (the native PowerShell script extension).

This is a super powerful language that will only get better over time. It is worth learning if you wish to be able to automate tasks.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[mikrom]

Hi Mark,
Thank you for informations. I will install and try it.

Regards
Roman