This is much like a development environment that allows you to create, edit and debug PowerShell scripts (which you can then save as. This will launch the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) version. This will launch the command line version.Ģ) Windows PowerShell ISE.
You will see two components:ġ) Windows PowerShell. To access Windows PowerShell on a Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 installation, navigate to Start > Accessories > Windows PowerShell. On older platforms, it is available via the Windows Management Framework (which incorporates Windows PowerShell, WinRM and BITS). Version 2.0 of Windows PowerShell comes installed by default with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. Windows PowerShell is a powerful (no pun intended!) command line scripting language built on top of the. We also recently published another post with information about how to automate common admin tasks with PowerShell.
This post has been reviewed in 2018 and its information is still relevant.
