Power Shell "Interactive Shel and Programming Language"
Simply put either Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 or are already available in Windows 7 is an Interactive Shell (IS) and Scripting Language (SL) made by Microsoft-based. NET programming.
Many also wondered why this PowerShell? PowerShell can be used for some jobs such as setting in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that support Exchange Management Shell, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Server, and others. As for the PowerShell architecture is now known by the IT Pro in particular and the general IT community in the world, including in Indonesia.
How a Power Shell
The way it works in general is that we could take some properties (using a get-command), make changes to something (using the command-set), add something (using the add-), throw something (using the-remove command), and the commands Other special. This command can also be treated specifically by adding some parameters after the command line.
PowerShell at the operating system environment or the Operating System, can be used to control the operating system, whereas in Windows Server, can be used for various purposes such as Administering the Active Directory. Windows PowerShell can actually run on the Windows XP operating system, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. For Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003, the installer can be downloaded at microsoft.com (http://www.microsoft.com/beta/downloads/Search.aspx?SearchText=windows+powershell), whereas for the Windows operating system Server 2008, can not be enabled through the "Add Features" from the Server Manager.
In addition to the operating system, some applications also support the Shell Scripting with PowerShell, such as Exchange 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Virtual Machine Manager and so on.
In Exchange 2007, Shellnya called Exchange Management Console. In addition to Administering, Exchange Management Shell can also be used for troubleshooting and simple reporting can be exported to *. txt files. I also mentioned earlier that we can get information from something to attributenya, this is what makes Shell is useful when the user GUI mode difficulty.