Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010: Best Practices

Windows PowerShell and Exchange 2010

One of the biggest changes since the move to Active Directory in Exchange 2000 was the move to Windows PowerShell as the basis for automating management tasks in Exchange 2007. Windows PowerShell is a command-line interface created to provide a scriptable and programmable management interface.

Building on the success of Exchange 2007 and Windows PowerShell, Exchange 2010 integrates tightly with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Windows Remote Management 3.0 (WinRM) to create a Roles-Based Access Control system that provides a secure and scalable scripting solution. WinRM provides an implementation of WS-Management (WSMan). It allows for remote management by listening for management connections using IIS primarily on ...