What's Coming In PowerShell V2Jeffrey Snover Partner ArchitectBruce Payette Principal DeveloperDan Harman Program Manager

MSD Solutions and PlatformsMicrosoft Corporation

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SE01 – Introduction to PowerShellWhat: Overview of basic featuresWho: Beginners or no prior experienceWhen: Wednesday, 11:45am – 1:00pmLevel: 200

SE02 – What’s Coming in PowerShell V2?What: Overview of features in PowerShell 2.0Who: Intermediate and advanced usersWhen: Wednesday, 4:00pm – 5:15pmLevel: 300

SE03 – PowerShell Scripting for WizardsWhat: Programming features & advanced scriptingWho: Advanced and expert usersWhen: Friday, 10:00am – 11:15amLevel: 400

SE02 – What’s Coming in PowerShell V2What: Overview of features in PowerShell 2.0Who: Intermediate and advanced usersWhen: Wednesday, 4:00pm – 5:15pmLevel: 300

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Adopted by Exchange, SQL, SCOM, SCVMM, and SCDPM

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PowerShell Architecture

User Experience

Shell

Language

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Engine

APIs

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Object Mgr

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

PowerShell V2 Themes

GUI over PowerShell

Production Scripting

Universal Code Execution Model

Community Feedback

PowerShell V2 Themes

Admin GUIs layer on top of PowerShellCLI & GUIAgility in delivering new GUIsEnsures automationGUI teaches command lineStandardizes access to managed elements

GUI over PowerShell

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Mgr

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

GUI Over PS: Features

Graphical PowerShell

Out-Gridview

New APIs

Runspace PoolingThread Control

GUI Over PowerShellDan HarmanProgram ManagerMSD Solutions and Platforms

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PowerShell V2 Themes

Scripts are Easy to useSafe to operateEasy to shareEasy to support

Production Scripting

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Mgr

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

Production Scripting: Features

Script Cmdlets

Data Language

Modules

Debugger Enhancements

Transactions

Script Cmdlets

Native Code

Production ScriptingBruce PayettePrincipal Developer MSD Solutions and Platforms

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PowerShell V2 Themes

Expressions, Commands, and ScriptBlocks can run

In the foreground or background On one or more machinesOver a LAN or a WANIn restricted or unrestricted environmentsUsing short or long connectionsUsing impersonation or supplied credentialsInitiated by user input or by events

Universal Code Execution Model

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Mgr

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

UCCE Features

Remoting

Background Jobs

Eventing

Restricted Runspaces

Mobile Object Model

Mobile Objects Model

Islands of optimization in a sea of interoperability

Whenever possible, use live .NET objectsUse typed property bags everywhere else

Live objects get serialized at runspace borders

Typed property bags using 22+ core datatypesEverything else is converted using ToString()Process can be tweaked with typeXML entries

Automatically deserialized into typed property bags on receipt

Type: Deserialized.OriginalTypeComputerName

Universal Code ExecutionJeffrey SnoverPartner ArchitectMSD Solutions and Platforms

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PowerShell V2 Themes

Respond to community feedbackEnhance the languageTweak the engineAdd and enhance Cmdlets

Community Feedback

User Experience

Shell

Language

Debugger

Engine

APIs

Execution Context

Object Mgr

Managed Elements

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

Community Feedback: Features

Language Enhancement

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ImprovedObject

Adapters

New Cmdlets

WMI++

New Cmdlets (So Far)Remoting:

Invoke-CommandNew-RunspaceGet-RunspacePush-RunspacePop-RunspaceRemove-Runspace

Converting Types:Add-TypeConvertTo-CsvConvertFrom-CsvConvertTo-XmlConvertFrom-StringData

Event Viewer and ETW Logs:

Get-Event 

Script Internationalization:

Import-LocalizedData

Modules:Add-ModuleGet-ModuleRemove-ModuleExport-ModuleMember

Debugging:Set-PSBreakpointGet-PSBreakpointEnable-PSBreakpointDisable-PSBreakpointRemove-PSBreakpointGet-PSCallStack 

Eventing:Register-ObjectEventRegister-PSEventWait-PSEvent Remove-PSEventUnregister-PSEvent Get-PSEventNew-PSEventGet-PSEventSubscriber

Background Jobs:Start-PSJobGet-PsJobStop-PSJobReceive-PSJobWait-PSJob Remove-PSJob

Transactions:Complete-PSTransactionStart-PSTransactionUndo-PSTransactionUse-PSTransaction

WMI:Register-WMIEvent Set-WMIInstanceInvoke-WMIMethodRemove-WMIObject

More Cmdlets:Clear-HistoryGet-RandomOut-GridViewSet-StrictModeUpdate-ListWait-Process

WMI+++

CmdletsGet-WmiObject, Remove-WmiObjectSet-WMIInstanceInvoke-WmiMethodRegister-WMIEvent

New parameters -Impersonation, -Authentication, -Locale, -EnableAllPrivileges, -Amended, -DirectRead, -Authority -AsJob and -ThrottleLimit (!)

Connection settings stay with the object [bug fix]

Community FeedbackJeffrey SnoverBruce PayetteDan HarmanMSD Solutions and Platforms

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Community Resources

Newsgroup: Microsoft.Public.Windows.PowerShellTeam blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShellPowerShell Community: http://www.powershellcommunity.orgChannel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/PowerShellWiki: http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.WindowsPowerShellWikiScript Center: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspxCodePlex: http://codeplex.com/Project/ProjectDirectory.aspx?TagName=powershellBooks

PowerShell in Action by Bruce Payettehttp://manning.com/powershell Windows PowerShell Cookbook by Lee Holmes http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528492/index.htmlProfessional Windows PowerShell Programming http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-0470173939.htmlMany others…

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