Slide - Channel 9

Alexander Wechsler

Enterprise Architect|CEO

Microsoft Regional Director Germany|eMVP

Wechsler Consulting GMBH & Co. KG

Session Code: WEM
304

Disclaimer

Everything you will hear in this session is

experimental and should be taken that way!

There is no support from Microsoft for this!

Testing is up to you!
-
> well, if that is news to you…

No risk, not fun!
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As
interactive

and
composable

as BASH/KSH

As
programmatic

as Perl/Python/Ruby

As
production oriented
as

AS400 CL/VMS DCL

Allows access to data stores as

easy

to access as filesystem

Windows PowerShell

New command line and

scripting language

State of the Software

Phenomenal rate of adoption

Over 2 million downloads in

less than 18 months

Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Windows Server 2003 and 2008

Adopted by Exchange, SQL, SCOM,
SCVMM, and SCDPM

CEC 2009 requirement

Dozens of 3
rd

party tools,

ISVs, and partners

Strong community engagement,

27 PowerShell MVPs

0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
PowerShell Downloads

Millions

Shipped with

Windows Server 2008

The Difference is OBJECTS!

Get
-
Process

Where

{ $_.handles


–
gt 500 }

Sort
handles

Format
-
Table

Common Windows PowerShell Parser

Windows PowerShell Pipeline Processor

Get
-
Process

Cmdlet

Sort

Cmdlet

Where
Cmdlet

Format

Cmdlet

PowerShell Architecture

User
Experience

Engine

Managed
Elements

Shell

Language

Debugger

APIs

Execution Context

Object Mgr

Cmdlets

WMI

COM

.NET

XML

ADO

ADSI

Native Commands

PowerShell V2 Themes

Admin GUIs layer on top of PowerShell

CLI & GUI

Agility in delivering new GUIs

Ensures automation

GUI teaches command line

Standardizes access to managed elements

GUI over PowerShell

PowerShell V2 Themes

Scripts are

Easy to use

Safe to operate

Easy to share

Easy to support

Production Scripting

PowerShell V2 Themes

Expressions, Commands, and ScriptBlocks can run

In the foreground or background

On one or more machines

Over a LAN or a WAN

In restricted or unrestricted environments

Universal Code Execution Model

Using impersonation or supplied credentials

Initiated by user input or by events

Power of PowerShell

Why use
PowerShell

on Windows Embedded?

Change management is always a challenge

Build time

Factory floor

In
-
field maintenance

Operating system deployment

Commonly known tools

Show their age
-
> CMD.exe / batch files

Are good, but limited to their environment
–
> WSH

Are not comfortable to use
-
> DUA

Are moving towards
PowerShell

-
> SCCM!



Embedded Scenarios 1/2

Build process

Post FBA image configuration

Image sealing

Factory

Target Device Configuration

Computer name

Domain join

Etc.

HW and SW test/quality assurance







Embedded Scenarios 2/2

Field

Adjusting user experience (desktop or shell settings)

Network configuration

IP
-
Settings

Network Share

Firewall

Handling of disk filters/HORM

Remote Management of devices

(Standard or custom providers)

Device detection

WES Power Management




Getting
PowerShell


into a WES Image 1/2


Version 1.0

Required

.NET Framework 2.0

Web Services for Management (WS
-
Management)

Optional

Additional infrastructure targeted, e.g.:

WMI

EWF /FBWF manager console application




Getting
PowerShell

into a

WES Image 2/2

Version 2.0 CTP

Required

.NET Framework 3.0 or higher setup

Web Services for Management (WS
-
Management)

Optional

Windows Management Instrumentation Technologies

Windows Firewall Control Panel, Windows Firewall/Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS)

Administrator Account (with password)

Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

Group Policy Core Administration MMC Snap
-
In

COM+ Services

Write Filter Console Applications

Adding Windows PowerShell

Manual

Add required/desired components from the WES catalog to the
image

Run through FBA

Run
PowerShell

installation manually


Automatic

Add required/desired components from the WES catalog

Create silent setup components out of:

PowerShell

Installer X86

Web Services for Management

(
WS
-
Management 1.1
)

Creating Silent Setup Components

Windows Embedded Standard Image
with PowerShell Version 2.0 CTP

Real World Examples 1/3

Build process

Add custom configurations

Add Boot Logo switch

Change wallpaper

Turn on EWF



Build Process Samples

Real World Examples 2/3

Factory

Check for image errors

List installed applications

List installed drivers

Change computer name

Read configuration from XML file

Change name

Reboot


Factory Samples

Real World Examples 3/3

Field

Enhancing DUA with PowerShell

Using PowerShell as DUA IDE

Static network settings using WMI

Enhancing user experience

Device detection

Development Environment

Validate

and
Tokenize

Device Update Agent

Architecture

XPE Device

Device

Update

Script

(.DUS file)

Translator

Command

File (.DUP)

Device Update Agent

Local

File Storage

HTTP/HTTPS

Update

Web Server

Device Update Agent Configuration

Field Samples

Remote Management with
PowerShell

Current limitation

WS
-
Management not supported in WES 2009

WMI Remote Management supported

Target computer does not need to have
PowerShell

WMI infrastructure required

Special DCOM configuration essential


Remote Management with WMI

Advanced PowerShell Usage 1/3

Writing custom Cmdlets

Great way to extend the language e.g.:

“Start
-
EWF”, “Get
-
Sensors”, “Get
-
Robots”

Use .NET Interop to reach out to native APIs





[
Cmdlet
(
VerbsLifecycle.Start
, "EWF“,
DefaultParameterSetName

= “Volume“,
SupportsShouldProcess

= true)]

public class
StartEWFCommand

:
PSCmdlet

{


…..Implement EWF functionality here

}


Hosting the PowerShell Runtime



……

using
System.Management.Automation
;

using
System.Management.Automation.Host
;

using
System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
;


namespace
Microsoft.Samples.PowerShell.Host

{


class Host01


{ .......


/// <
param

name="
args
">Unused</
param
>


static void Main(string[]
args
)


{


// Create an instance of this class so that the PowerShell


// will have access to the
ShouldExit

and
ExitCode



// parameters.


Host01 me = new Host01();



// Create the host instance to use.


MyHost

myHost

= new
MyHost
(me);



// Create and open the
runspace
, passing the host


// instance just created.


Runspace

myRunSpace

=
RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace
(
myHost
);


myRunSpace.Open
();



// Create the invoker and use it to execute the script.


RunspaceInvoke

invoker = new
RunspaceInvoke
(
myRunSpace
);


string script = “write
-
host ‘Hello World!’”


invoker.Invoke
(script);



.........


}

}

Advanced PowerShell Usage 2/3

Host the
PowerShell

runtime

Get scripting capabilities for your application

Enhance a custom shell

Create a
PowerShell

provider for your
application or Shell

PowerShell
-
enable your code /application


Find the
Powershell

SDK at:


http://msdn.microsoft.com/

en
-
us/library/ms714469(VS.85).
aspx





Advanced PowerShell Usage 3/3

Use
PowerShell

in Deployment

and Maintenance

System Center Configuration Manager

Windows Server Update Services

Windows Deployment Services


Not available on
WinPE

(no .NET support)




Forums

Cmdlet Library

Blogs

Wiki

Script Repository

Software Directory

User Group Outreach

PowerShellCommunity.org

Microsoft Resources

Windows Embedded Team Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/embedded/

PowerShell

Team Blog
blogs.msdn.com/
powershell

Scripting Guys Script Center
microsoft.com/
technet
/
scriptcenter

Hub for official documentation

The Windows
PowerShell

Toolbox

Script repository and other goodies

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b
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obloch


Technical Resources:

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