Powershell V2 | Windows 2008 R2

In the context of Windows Server 2008 R2, PowerShell 2.0 was the engine behind the "Best Practices Analyzer" and enhanced Active Directory management. It enabled the , which was essentially a GUI wrapper around PowerShell cmdlets. This "layered" architecture meant that anything an admin did in the GUI could be captured as a script and automated for the future. Legacy and Modern Context

Perhaps the most significant addition, built on the WS-Management protocol. It allowed administrators to run commands on thousands of remote servers simultaneously, a necessity as data centers began to scale. Powershell V2 Windows 2008 R2

The Evolution of Automation: PowerShell 2.0 in Windows Server 2008 R2 In the context of Windows Server 2008 R2, PowerShell 2