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Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview for November 2014 Released
The latest revision of the Windows Management Framework Preview is available and adds some significant new PowerShell capabilities.
Rod Trent
November 19, 2014
1 Min Read
If you're interested in getting a chance to play with the next version of PowerShell, the Windows Management Framework (WMF) is the way to do it. In September, Microsoft released the very first revision of the WMF 5.0 Preview and has now refreshed the package with updates and new features.
WMF 5.0 Preview for November 2014 has been released and contains the following updated components:
DISCOVER AND INSTALL SOFTWARE WITH ONEGET
DISCOVER MODULES AND DSC RESOURCES WITH POWERSHELLGET
DISCOVER AND INSTALL WINDOWS POWERSHELL MODULES WITH POWERSHELLGET
REGISTER A PSREPOSITORY WITH POWERSHELLGET
DISCOVER AND INSTALL SOFTWARE WITH ONEGET
DSC IMPROVEMENTS
DEVELOP WITH CLASSES IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL
REMOTING AND MORE CONTROL IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL DEBUGGING
GENERATE WINDOWS POWERSHELL CMDLETS BASED ON AN ODATA ENDPOINT
MANAGE .ZIP FILES WITH NEW CMDLETS
SUPPORT YOUR CONFIGURATION ENVIRONMENT WITH NEW FEATURES AND CMDLETS
AUDIT WINDOWS POWERSHELL USAGE BY TRANSCRIPTION AND LOGGING
EXTRACT AND PARSE STRUCTURED OBJECTS OUT OF STRING CONTENT
EXTENDING THE ITEM NOUN TO ENABLE SYMBOLIC LINKS
NETWORK SWITCH MANAGEMENT WITH WINDOWS POWERSHELL (IMPROVEMENTS)
REMOTING AND MORE CONTROL IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL DEBUGGING
CENTRALIZED DSC ERROR REPORTING
WMF 5.0 is available for Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2012.
Get it here: Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview November 2014
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