Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

8.4. The Bottom Line

Describe the main benefits that PowerShell offers for VMM

Windows PowerShell is a relatively new technology that was developed by Microsoft Corporation. Virtual Machine Manager utilized this technology as the scripting public API for VMM and as the backbone of the Administrator Console.

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What version of Windows PowerShell does VMM support?

Which are the VMM assemblies needed for programmatically integrating with VMM's cmdlets?

List the benefits that Windows PowerShell cmdlets offer as a public API.

Create scheduled PowerShell scripts

Scheduling PowerShell scripts allows an administrator to perform operations during nonwork hours and get reports on the progress and the results of those operations.

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