Monad Evolves to Windows PowerShell
Bob Muglia’s Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) keynote this morning unveiled a series of exciting announcements surrounding Monad – now known as Windows PowerShell:
- New Name: The new interactive command line shell, formerly code named “MONAD” will be called Windows PowerShell
- Availability: Windows PowerShell will be available as a web download in Q4 of 2006
- Updated Beta: RC1 is now available for download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?freetext=PowerShell
This marks a significant milestone in the Windows PowerShell product lifecycle, and brings us an important step closer to getting a finished product in your hands.
The MMS announcement (and updated beta) will also bring many more users into our community. If you’re one of them, welcome! Here are some helpful “getting started” resources (thanks to Bob Wells for collecting these!)
Microsoft TechNet Script Center
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
Scripting with the Microsoft Shell http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx
Webcasts
Next Generation Command Line Scripting with Monad (Part 1 of 2) http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032277850&Culture=en-US
Next Generation Command Line Scripting with Monad (Part 2 of 2) http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/eventdetail.aspx?eventID=1032277852&Culture=en-US
Miscellaneous
Articles:
“Monad: The Future of Windows Scripting”, by Thomas Lee
TechNet Magazine, November o December 2005, Scripting Column http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2005/11/Scripting/default.aspx
“A guided tour of the Microsoft Command Shell”, by Ryan Paul http://arstechnica.com/guides/other/msh.ars
Blogs:
PowerShell Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell/
Arul Kumaravel’s Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/ArulK
Precision Computing: Software Design and Development (Lee Holmes' blog) http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/default.aspx
Books:
Monad
Introducing the MSH Command Shell and Language
by Andy Oakley
First Edition December 2005
ISBN: 0-596-10009-4
206 pages, $34.95 US, $48.95 CA, £24.95 UK http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/msh/
Newsgroups:
Microsoft Windows Server Scripting nntp://microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting
Sample Scripts:
The Monad Script Centre http://www.reskit.net/monad/samplescripts.htm
Videos:
Channel 9 Forums » The Videos » Jeffrey Snover » Monad explained http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=25506
Channel 9 Forums » The Videos » Jeffrey Snover » Monad demonstrated http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=25915
Channel 9 Forums » The Videos » Jeffrey Snover » More talking about Monad http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=127819
Wikis:
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSH_(shell
Channel 9 MSH Wiki http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.MSHWiki
Additional Resource Listings (like this list, only different):
Monad-MSH http://www.reskit.net/monad
[Edit: Monad has now been renamed to Windows PowerShell. This script or discussion may require slight adjustments before it applies directly to newer builds.]