Hi!

Everything I have seen says that Powershell ships with Windows Server
2008, but when I type Powershell at the start search area, nothing is
returned.

I would have expected it to be pre-installed and ready to go. It is the
most important tool in the system.



Where do I find it or how do I install it? By the way, it is the RTM
version Windows Server 2008 standard from Technet that I installed.

regards,
Alan.

You have to enable it. Its a Win2008 Feature. The bits are there but you
have to turn them on.

Andy

http://get-powershelll.com


"Alan van der Vyver" <alanv@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uP5TaOveIHA.5900@xxxxxx

> Hi!
>
> Everything I have seen says that Powershell ships with Windows Server
> 2008, but when I type Powershell at the start search area, nothing is
> returned.
>
> I would have expected it to be pre-installed and ready to go. It is the
> most important tool in the system.
>
> Where do I find it or how do I install it? By the way, it is the RTM
> version Windows Server 2008 standard from Technet that I installed.
>
> regards,
> Alan.

PowerShell is an optional component for Windows Server 2008 and can be installed
by using the "Add a Feature" option in Server Manager.

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> Hi!
>
> Everything I have seen says that Powershell ships with Windows Server
> 2008, but when I type Powershell at the start search area, nothing is
> returned.
>
> I would have expected it to be pre-installed and ready to go. It is
> the most important tool in the system.
>
> Where do I find it or how do I install it? By the way, it is the RTM
> version Windows Server 2008 standard from Technet that I installed.
>
> regards,
> Alan.

Thanks, I found it now.

I would have expected it to just be there like the old command prompt
is. I suppose there is some logic to where it is, given the trend to
minimal configurations, but I can't imagine running even the most basic
system without it.

regards,
Alan.

Andy Schneider wrote:

> You have to enable it. Its a Win2008 Feature. The bits are there but you
> have to turn them on.
>
> Andy
>
> http://get-powershelll.com
>
>

Alan van der Vyver wrote:

> I would have expected it to be pre-installed and ready to go. It is the
> most important tool in the system.

Slightly related, I would have expected the same of WinRM. I was poking around
and found that while it is installed by default, the service is not enabled.
That makes a lot of sense in context of the minimal attack surface stuff--but
it's not exposed as a role or feature that I've found so far. You have to run
this to enable it:

winrm quickconfig

It's very quick to do and it takes care of making the firewall rule.


--

Hal Rottenberg
Blog: http://halr9000.com
Webmaster, Psi (http://psi-im.org)
Co-host, PowerScripting Podcast (http://powerscripting.net)

We would have all wanted powershell there by default in 2008, but the
main reason we can't is dependencies. Win2008 is designed to be as light
as you want, and because Powershell Relies on the dotnetframework, it
has a huge stack of dependencies that are options , the dotnet framework
has windowsforms tightly integrated and that relies on a huge section of
the graphical subsystem etc etc etc.

-karl
Alan van der Vyver wrote:

> Thanks, I found it now.
>
> I would have expected it to just be there like the old command prompt
> is. I suppose there is some logic to where it is, given the trend to
> minimal configurations, but I can't imagine running even the most basic
> system without it.
>
> regards,
> Alan.
>
> Andy Schneider wrote:

>> You have to enable it. Its a Win2008 Feature. The bits are there but
>> you have to turn them on.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> http://get-powershelll.com
>>
>>