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Some New Things
- Over 60 new cmdlets
- Adding/Removing/Renaming computers
- Cmdlets for event logs
- Cmdlets for WS-Man functionality and even a WS-Man provider
Windows PowerShell ISE
- Supports a graphical debugger
- Context sensitive F1 help
- A Programmable interface
via Hemant Mahawar Windows PowerShell Team
Advanced Functions
Cmdlets++ ?
Function Test-LeapYear {
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[Int]$Year
)
}
Attributing parameters this way gives you
- Ensures that you send it the right number of parameters
- Supports pipelining
- Tab-Completion of parameter names
- Supports Get-Command, (Get-Command Test-LeapYear).Parameters
You can also provide granular inline documentation that works with Get-Help. Like Synopsis, Example, Link and more.
via Jeffrey Snover Windows PowerShell Team
I am really looking forward to working with PowerShell in 2009.
