First Glimpse at PowerShell v3

I finally got a hold of Windows 8 laptop (thank you Microsoft!), connected a keyboard, launched PowerShell and here are the first few results before I run to the dinner. 😉

First off, let’s check the version:

PS C:\> $host.Version

Major  Minor  Build  Revision

-----  -----  -----  --------

3      0      -1     -1

So far so good…

When I tried to get all modules, at some point the operation failed but a lot still got added:

PS C:\> (Get-Module -All).count
234
PS C:\> (Get-Module -ListAvailable).count
44

A lot of the modules though seem to be automatically generated from CIM classes:

PS C:\> Get-Module -All

ModuleType Name                      ExportedCommands
---------- ----                      ----------------
Manifest   AppLocker                 {Get-AppLockerFileInformation, Get-AppLockerPolicy, New-AppLockerPolicy,...
Script     Appx                      Get-AppxLastError
Binary     Appx                      {Add-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackageManifest, Remove-AppxP...
Script     BitLocker                 {Add-BitLockerKeyProtector, Add-BitLockerPassphraseProtector, Add-BitLoc...
Manifest   BitsTransfer              {Add-BitsFile, Complete-BitsTransfer, Get-BitsTransfer, Remove-BitsTrans...
Manifest   BranchCache               {Add-BCDataCacheExtension, Clear-BCCache, Disable-BC, Disable-BCDowngrad...
Cim        BranchCacheClientSetti... Get-BCClientSettings
Cim        BranchCacheContentServ... Get-BCContentServerSettings
Cim        BranchCacheHostedCache... Get-BCHostedCacheServerSettings
Cim        BranchCacheNetworkSett... Get-BCNetworkSettings
Cim        BranchCacheOrchestrator   {Add-BCDataCacheExtension, Clear-BCCache, Disable-BC, Disable-BCDowngrad...
Cim        BranchCachePrimaryPubl... Get-BCHashCache
Cim        BranchCachePrimaryRepu... Get-BCDataCache
Cim        BranchCacheSecondaryRe... Get-BCDataCacheExtension
Cim        BranchCacheStatus         Get-BCStatus
Manifest   CimCmdlets                {Get-CimAssociatedInstance, Get-CimClass, Get-CimInstance, Get-CimSessio...
Manifest   DirectAccessClientComp... {Disable-DAManualSiteSelection, Enable-DAManualSiteSelection, Get-DAClie...
Cim        Disk                      {Clear-Disk, Get-Disk, Initialize-Disk, New-Partition...}
Script     Dism                      {Add-Driver, Add-Package, Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage, Clear-CorruptMount...
Manifest   DnsClient                 {Resolve-DnsName, Add-DnsClientNrptRule, Clear-DNSClientCache, Get-DNSCl...
Manifest   DnsConfig                 {Clear-DNSClientCache, Get-DNSClient, Get-DNSClientCache, Get-DNSGlobalS...
Binary     DnsLookup                 Resolve-DnsName
Manifest   DnsNrpt                   {Add-DnsClientNrptRule, Get-DnsClientEffectiveNrptPolicy, Get-DnsClientN...
Cim        InitiatorId               {Get-InitiatorId, Remove-InitiatorId}
Cim        InitiatorPort             {Get-InitiatorPort, Set-InitiatorPort}
Manifest   iSCSI                     {Connect-IscsiDiscoveredTarget, Disconnect-IscsiDiscoveredTarget, Get-Is...
Cim        iSCSIConnection           Get-IscsiConnection
Cim        iSCSIDiscoveredTarget     {Connect-IscsiDiscoveredTarget, Disconnect-IscsiDiscoveredTarget, Get-Is...
Cim        iSCSIInitiator            Set-IscsiInitiator
Cim        iSCSIPersistentTarget     {Get-IscsiPersistentTarget, Register-IscsiPersistentTarget, Unregister-I...
Cim        iSCSISession              Get-IscsiSession
Cim        iSCSITargetPortal         {Get-IscsiTargetPortal, New-IscsiTargetPortal, Remove-IscsiTargetPortal,...

Looking at the standard PowerShell modules we get:

PS C:\> Get-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.*

ModuleType Name                      ExportedCommands
---------- ----                      ----------------
Manifest   Microsoft.PowerShell.Core {Add-History, Add-PSSnapin, Clear-History, Connect-PSSession...}
Manifest   Microsoft.PowerShell.D... {Export-Counter, Get-Counter, Get-WinEvent, Import-Counter...}
Manifest   Microsoft.PowerShell.Host {Start-Transcript, Stop-Transcript}
Manifest   Microsoft.PowerShell.M... {Add-Computer, Add-Content, Checkpoint-Computer, Clear-Content...}
Manifest   Microsoft.PowerShell.S... {ConvertFrom-SecureString, ConvertTo-SecureString, Get-Acl, Get-Authenti...
Manifest   Microsoft.PowerShell.U... {Add-Member, Add-Type, Clear-Variable, Compare-Object...}

PS C:\> (get-command -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.*).count

248

Here’s a quick list of all the standard cmdlets in the box at the moment:

PS C:\> get-command -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.* | sort module, noun | format-table ModuleName, Name -AutoSize

ModuleName                       Name
----------                       ----
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Invoke-Command
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Get-Command
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Export-Console
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Out-Default
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Save-Help
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Get-Help
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Update-Help
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Add-History
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Invoke-History
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Clear-History
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Get-History
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Out-Host
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Get-Job
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Suspend-Job
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Stop-Job
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Receive-Job
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Wait-Job
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Resume-Job
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Start-Job
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Remove-Job
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Register-JobEvent
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Import-Module
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        New-Module
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Get-Module
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Remove-Module
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Test-ModuleManifest
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        New-ModuleManifest
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Export-ModuleMember
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Out-Null
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        ForEach-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Where-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Set-PSDebug
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Enable-PSRemoting
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Disable-PSRemoting
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Get-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Enter-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Exit-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        New-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Remove-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Connect-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Receive-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Disconnect-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Register-PSSessionConfiguration
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Disable-PSSessionConfiguration
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Unregister-PSSessionConfiguration
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Set-PSSessionConfiguration
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Get-PSSessionConfiguration
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Enable-PSSessionConfiguration
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Test-PSSessionConfigurationFile
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        New-PSSessionConfigurationFile
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        New-PSSessionOption
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Add-PSSnapin
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Remove-PSSnapin
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Get-PSSnapin
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        New-PSTransportOption
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core        Set-StrictMode
Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics Get-Counter
Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics Import-Counter
Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics Export-Counter
Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics Get-WinEvent
Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics New-WinEvent
Microsoft.PowerShell.Host        Start-Transcript
Microsoft.PowerShell.Host        Stop-Transcript
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-ChildItem
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Export-CimCommand
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Stop-Computer
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Checkpoint-Computer
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Add-Computer
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Restore-Computer
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Remove-Computer
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Rename-Computer
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Restart-Computer
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Reset-ComputerMachinePassword
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Enable-ComputerRestore
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Disable-ComputerRestore
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-ComputerRestorePoint
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Test-ComputerSecureChannel
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Test-Connection
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Add-Content
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-Content
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Clear-Content
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Set-Content
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Show-ControlPanelItem
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-ControlPanelItem
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Write-EventLog
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  New-EventLog
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Limit-EventLog
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Remove-EventLog
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Show-EventLog
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-EventLog
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Clear-EventLog
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-HotFix
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Move-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Invoke-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Rename-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Copy-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Remove-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Set-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  New-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Clear-Item
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Remove-ItemProperty
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  New-ItemProperty
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-ItemProperty
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Move-ItemProperty
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Clear-ItemProperty
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Copy-ItemProperty
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Rename-ItemProperty
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Set-ItemProperty
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-Location
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Set-Location
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Push-Location
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Pop-Location
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Convert-Path
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Resolve-Path
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Join-Path
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Split-Path
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Test-Path
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Wait-Process
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-Process
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Debug-Process
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Start-Process
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Stop-Process
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-PSDrive
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Remove-PSDrive
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  New-PSDrive
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-PSProvider
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  New-Service
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Set-Service
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Resume-Service
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Restart-Service
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Stop-Service
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Start-Service
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-Service
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Suspend-Service
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Start-Transaction
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Complete-Transaction
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-Transaction
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Use-Transaction
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Undo-Transaction
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  New-WebServiceProxy
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Register-WmiEvent
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Set-WmiInstance
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Invoke-WmiMethod
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Remove-WmiObject
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management  Get-WmiObject
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    Set-Acl
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    Get-Acl
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    Set-AuthentipreSignature
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    Get-AuthentipreSignature
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    Get-Credential
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    Set-ExecutionPolicy
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    Get-ExecutionPolicy
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    Get-PfxCertificate
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    ConvertTo-SecureString
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security    ConvertFrom-SecureString
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Export-Alias
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     New-Alias
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Import-Alias
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Set-Alias
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Alias
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Export-Clixml
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Import-Clixml
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Trace-Command
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Show-Command
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Measure-Command
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     ConvertTo-Csv
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     ConvertFrom-Csv
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Export-Csv
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Import-Csv
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Culture
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Format-Custom
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Date
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Set-Date
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Write-Debug
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Register-EngineEvent
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Write-Error
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Unregister-Event
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Event
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     New-Event
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Wait-Event
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Remove-Event
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-EventSubscriber
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Invoke-Expression
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Unblock-File
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Out-File
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-FormatData
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Export-FormatData
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Update-FormatData
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Out-GridView
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Read-Host
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Host
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Write-Host
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     ConvertTo-Html
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     ConvertFrom-Json
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     ConvertTo-Json
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Format-List
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Update-List
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Import-LocalizedData
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Send-MailMessage
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Add-Member
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Member
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Compare-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Tee-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     New-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Measure-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Group-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Select-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Sort-Object
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Register-ObjectEvent
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Write-Output
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Out-Printer
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Write-Progress
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-PSBreakpoint
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Enable-PSBreakpoint
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Disable-PSBreakpoint
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Remove-PSBreakpoint
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Set-PSBreakpoint
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-PSCallStack
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Export-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Import-PSSession
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Random
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Invoke-RestMethod
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Start-Sleep
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Out-String
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Select-String
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     ConvertFrom-StringData
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Format-Table
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     New-TimeSpan
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-TraceSource
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Set-TraceSource
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Add-Type
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Update-TypeData
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Remove-TypeData
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-TypeData
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-UICulture
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Unique
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Get-Variable
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Remove-Variable
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     New-Variable
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Clear-Variable
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Set-Variable
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Write-Verbose
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Write-Warning
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Invoke-WebRequest
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Format-Wide
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     Select-Xml
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility     ConvertTo-Xml

To be continued… 😉