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Windows Management Framework is here!
Windows Management Framework, which includes Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0, was officially released to the world this morning.  By providing a consistent management interface across the various flavors of Windows, we are making our platform that much more attractive to deploy.  IT Professionals can now easily manage their Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines through PowerShell remoting – that’s a huge win!
You can download the packages here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=151321
A big, hearty thanks to everyone who made this release possible.
Tell your friends!

 

Nathan Burkhart

Program Manager  |  WS-Management

Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:26 PM by nathanburkhart

Comments

Ryan said:

Nathan, just FYI, but that link doesn't work, it looks like it's directed to your OWA account...

# October 27, 2009 12:08 PM

Scott Vickrey said:

Found it: <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929>

# October 27, 2009 12:15 PM

nathanburkhart said:

Woops, looks like when I copied it from an email it brought the OWA-specific link with it!  It's fixed now.

# October 27, 2009 12:46 PM

Chuck said:

Is the Windows Management Framework supported on Server 2003 IA-64?

# October 28, 2009 10:11 AM

nathanburkhart said:

Hey Chuck, Windows Management Framework is not supported on IA-64 for any of the Windows platforms.

# October 28, 2009 1:54 PM

Geert Diddens said:

Hi,...and what about windows 7 ? The link says :

"This article applies to a different version of Windows than the one you are using. Content in this article may not be relevant to you.

Visit the Windows 7 Solution Center"

+ There are no links for windows 7

greetz

Geert

# October 29, 2009 1:54 AM

Chuck said:

Hey Nathan, thanks for the info.  So no PoSh 2.0 for legacy O/S's on Itanium ... I got it.

Does this also mean you get only PoSh 1.0 if you purchase or upgrade to Server 2008 R2 on IA-64?

# October 29, 2009 10:06 AM

powershell said:

Are BITS cmdlets supported on XP SP3 if Windows Management Framework 2.0 / PowerShell 2.0 is installed?

# November 1, 2009 2:05 AM

nathanburkhart said:

Chuck, PowerShell 2.0 works just fine on IA-64 machines if you install Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Geert, these packages don't apply to Windows 7 because the included components (WinRM 2.0, PowerShell 2.0, and BITS 4.0) are already installed as part of the OS.

Powershell (if that is your real name), the BITS cmdlets are indeed supported on Windows XP SP3 and they are installed as a part of PowerShell 2.0.

# November 2, 2009 4:59 PM

Thom said:

Are these going to be released as updates via WSUS?

If so, when?

It would be great to deploy PowerShell v2 and BITS 4 to all my machines ASAP.

# November 3, 2009 1:35 AM

Chuck said:

Nathan ... thanks, again, for the clarification.

# November 3, 2009 9:11 AM

nathanburkhart said:

Thom, we will indeed be releasing these packages through WSUS, the plan is to make them available later this year.

# November 3, 2009 12:42 PM

wdbradley3 said:

Nathan,

We suffer a lot with issues between SCCM and WMI, and want better tools to detect those issues.  Now that you have released a newer version of WMI for WinXP, is there a newer version of WMIDiag that is "SP3-Aware", or, is there a better tool to use?

Thanks!

Bill

# November 5, 2009 3:55 AM

nathanburkhart said:

Bill, we did not release a newer version of WMI -- the Windows Management Framework Core package includes WinRM 2.0 and Windows PowerShell 2.0.

# November 5, 2009 10:06 AM

wdbradley3 said:

Sorry, Nathan, I misunderstood--thought you guys had renamed WMI...

IS there a newer version of WMIDiag coming out, then?

Thanks.

# November 6, 2009 1:47 AM

nathanburkhart said:

Hey Bill, I haven't heard any plans about a new version of WMIDiag coming out.

# November 6, 2009 11:12 AM
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