The PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command—or, more properly, cmdlet—can retrieve a list of Windows features, including server roles, that are installed on a server or workstation running ...

Figure 5: PowerShell can display role and feature information from an offline VM. About the Author Brien Posey is a 22-time Microsoft MVP with decades of IT experience.

PowerShell 4 is part of the Windows Management Framework 4 which you can download here. But why should you? Let me share a few of my favorite new features. If you are still on PowerShell 2.0, then you ...

By the time you read this, the wraps will be off of PowerShell 4 and it's signature new feature, Desired State Configuration (DSC). The shell will ship first with Windows Server 2012 R2 and ...