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Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

Announcing the public release of Microsoft Windows Management Framework RC for Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1 and SP2. This RC includes release notes and the following components:

 

·        Windows PowerShell 2.0

·        WinRM 2.0

·        BITS 4.0

 

You can download it from here

https://connect.microsoft.com/windowsmanagement/Downloads

 

This release is equivalent to the PowerShell 2.0 bits in Windows 7 RTM.  Packages for XP SP3 and Win2k3 SP2 are not included in this RC but they will be made available in future.

 

Thanks

Osama Sajid

 [Update: 8/14/2009] Added SP details for Vista and W2K8

 
Published Friday, August 14, 2009 2:29 AM by PowerShellTeam

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# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

RTM for 7 and 2008R2;

http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/07/23/windows-powershell-2-0-rtm.aspx

Friday, August 14, 2009 4:01 AM by Sanderk

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

Looks compatible with the Win7 RTM bits - this is exactly the sort of thing we were begging for in the last thread.   Thank you very much.

Friday, August 14, 2009 6:33 AM by Blake

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

Thanks a bunch! this release is quicker than I had expected. Hope the XP and Win2K3 come out soon!

Friday, August 14, 2009 10:35 AM by Saptagiri Tangudu

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

I'm just wondering why we need different versions for different opererating systems at all. I mean powershell is build on top of the .Net framework. It also builds partly on WinRM and bits etc. So why do you care what os ps is running on?

Sunday, August 16, 2009 4:16 AM by Eigner

# Powershell 2.0 RC...Not for all Vistas it seems

Hi all:

Before everyone in 'the rest of the world' jump and uninstall CTP3:

The WMF package does not install on all Vista configurations!

One of my machines has Vista Home Premium, the Dutch language Windows version that is, and SP1 (Dutch SP2 not out yet). This machine runs Powershell 2.0 CTP3 smoothly, but the next step still has to wait until ...?  

Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:04 AM by Jacques Willemen

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

@Eigner,

Yes, it does run on the .NET Framework, but even the Framework has APIs that don't work for all OS.

An extreme example is Server Core, the Framework doesn't provide any GUI features.

Still whenever a product is released, Microsoft will go through a testing process for each OS.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:04 AM by Marco Shaw

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

So this is RC not final release.  Any idea when the final release is scheduled for?

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:45 AM by Dan

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

Hello,

Can you roughly estimate when the RC will be available for XP and 2003.

Friday, August 28, 2009 8:06 AM by risc

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

It doesn't install for me on 32-bit Server 2008 SP1, it complains it isn't for this OS, which is odd. Runs CTP3 fine.

Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:14 PM by Rod

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

If this is a RC, does this mean a RTM is what we need to wait on before deploying to production boxes ?

Also when i downloaded from

https://connect.microsoft.com/windowsmanagement/Downloads

it mentions an update to the msu file on 9/9/2009 but when i examine the file i can see that file has been signed @ "03 September 2009 01:16:24"

Is this download\file the correct file ?

Thanks i advance and looking forward to using v2

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:22 PM by Patrick

# re: Powershell 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Release Candidate

How the powershell could help me to reduce the data centre energy

Friday, September 18, 2009 6:30 AM by Lussie

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