It’s my pleasure to announce the beta release of the first Windows PowerShell snap-in for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Server 4.6 SP1. This snap-in provides a set of PowerShell Cmdlets to enable IT admins to easily manage and automate App-V Server complex tasks using Microsoft Windows PowerShell.

This release contains 23 cmdlets that cover around 80% of GUI wizards and tasks with more deep details on what happens in the back. :-)

Cmdlets

System Options

• Get-AppVSystemOptions

• Set-AppVSystemOptions

Packages

• Get-AppVPackages

• New-AppVPackage

• Remove-AppVPackage

Application Groups

• Get-AppVApplicationGroup

• New-AppVApplicationGroup

• Remove-AppVApplicationGroup

Applications

• Get-AppVApplications

• New-AppVApplication

• Remove-AppVApplication

• Set-AppVApplicationPublishingSettings

Administrators

• Get-AppVAdministrators

• New-AppVAdministrator

• Remove-AppVAdministrator

Server Groups

• Get-AppVServerGroup

• New-AppVServerGroup

• Remove-AppVServerGroup

Servers

• Get-AppVServers

• New-AppVServer

• Remove-AppVServer

Providers

• Get-AppVProviders

• Remove-AppVProvider

Download: PowerShell snap-in for Microsoft App-V Server 4.6 SP1

Regards,

Sherif Talaat (Twitter: @Sheriftalaat)

This software is provided "AS IS", without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.

This software is 3rd party tool not part of Microsoft App-V Server.

It’s my pleasure to announce that Community Technology Preview (CTP) #1 of Windows Management Framework v3.0 is now available for download and to be installed on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Windows Management Framework v3.0 comes with a lot of new features and enhancements in WMI and WinRM in addition to Windows PowerShell v3.0

Windows PowerShell 3.0
Some of the new features in Windows PowerShell 3.0 include:

• Workflows
• Robust Sessions
• Scheduled Jobs
• Delegated Administration
• Simplified Language Syntax
• Cmdlet Discovery
• Show-Command
• Windows PowerShell Web Service

WMI
WMI in Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP1 introduces:

• A new provider development model
• A new MI Client API to perform standard CIM operations.
• The ability to write Windows PowerShell cmdlets in native code

WinRM
With Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP1:

• Connections are more robust
• Connections are more resilient

Download: Windows Management Framework 3.0 - Community Technology Preview (CTP) #1