Chapter 5. A New World of Hyper-V Automation with PowerShell

In this chapter we will discover the capabilities of Windows Server 2012 PowerShell for the Hyper-V role. The earlier version of Windows Server PowerShell didn't provide full support for Hyper-V and we were able to execute only the basic level of server management tasks, especially in a Hyper-V environment. But with the release of Windows Server 2012, Windows Server PowerShell 3.0 now provides a great level of Hyper-V management and automation functionalities.

We will start this chapter by discovering Windows PowerShell as a command-line and scripting platform for scripting and automating tasks. Then we will go deeper into the Windows PowerShell technology, and will understand the various ...

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