Monday, November 16, 2009

Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell (WPS) is a .NET-based environment for console-based system i.e, it is an object-oriented programming language and interactive command line shell for Microsoft windows.
WPS is similar to Perl which includes more than 130 standard commands called cmdlets (Command-lets).

Powershell is available as a free download for windows XP, windows server 2003 and vista, where as in Windows server 2008 and Windows 7 includes additional option to install this feature.

Advantages of PowerShell:
  • It's not a compiled language.
  • It has a plug-in ecosystem with lots of 'libraries' for doing various domain specific things like copying files, playing with AD, Exchange.
  • It's the right tool for a different, slightly overlapping set of jobs.
  • It's a lot more powerful and consistent than CMD.EXE and other things evolved from command shells that needed to fit into 8K RAM.
  • For smaller task, it is more preferable.
Disadvatages:

It is not preferable for larger tasks.

1 comment:

digital signature software said...

Grateful to check out your website, I seem to be ahead to more excellent sites and I wish that you wrote more informative post for us. Well done work.