Microsoft releases a new Windows Administrator tool

The new Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP 1 provides a new tool for Windows administrators, with these tools, we can manage Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and the Windows 8 platform to be released more easily. The framework has three main components: Windows PowerShell 3.0, WMIWindows Management Instrumentation) and WinRMWindows Remote Management ). This framework has been included in Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview for testing. It does not support earlier versions of Windows, nor does it support Windows Server 2008 R2 IA64.

PowerShell 3.0 will introduce several new key technologies, including workflows, robust session robust sessions), scheduled jobs (scheduled jobs), and delegated management of delegated administration. A workflow allows administrators to create tasks, which can be run sequentially or concurrently on multiple computers. A strong session allows you to connect to a remote computer, execute commands, and then disconnect. The command will continue to be executed on a remote computer. Later, You can reconnect to the client to monitor the status or obtain results. Now we can plan jobs to execute operations at a certain time point in the future, or perform operations on a regular basis as planned. The Job results will be stored in a separate database according to the user. We can check the job later in the Windows PowerShell session.

The CTP version introduces many new features in WMI, which will bring about great changes. It no longer depends on COM, which simplifies the development process. So now we can use the local code C/C ++) to compile PowerShell cmdlets. The new version also introduces a new management infrastructure, MI) Client API, which allows Windows-based applications to manage non-Windows computers. Both C/C ++ and. NET can use new APIs.

The infrastructure of WinRM has also changed many times. In addition to robust sessions, Microsoft claims that network connections have a greater degree of tolerance for communication faults and intermittent communication problems. If network communication persists, the remote session can continue after the client is disconnected. After the problem is solved, remote users can use the robust session feature to reconnect.

Readers who want to test this version need to know that it is still under development and therefore provides the CTP version. Therefore, it is not suitable for deployment in the production environment. Based on the author's experience in the Windows 7 SP1 platform, it requires Microsoft. NET Framework 4.0 support. The author found that, unlike the description in this document, if. NET Framework 4.0 is not installed, the installation package cannot run ).

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