June 28, 2010

How to install Windows Powershell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) on Windows Server 2008 R2

Here are steps to install Windows Powershell ISE on Windows Server 2008 R2.

  1. Go to Server Manager –> Features –> Add Features
  2. Make sure you check “Windows Powershell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)”, and finish the wizard.

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And, Powershell ISE will be installed. I find Powershell ISE good for development/debugging of long powershell scripts. Here is how it looks like,

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If you want to learn more about Powershell ISE, this can be a good place to start.

I have just started learning powershell, so more posts on Powershell in general may be coming…