All actions in Virtual Machine Manager are performed by cmdlets in the Windows PowerShell - Virtual Machine Manager command shell. Therefore, any task that you can perform by using the VMM Administrator Console, you can also perform at the command line or by creating a Windows PowerShell script.

Since most administrators prefer to use a console for some tasks and prefer to create scripts for other tasks or perform the tasks from the command line, the VMM Administrator Console includes features that help you switch between the two methods:

For more information about the Windows PowerShell - Virtual Machine Manager command shell, see PowerShell Scripting in VMM 2008 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=110911) in the VMM TechNet Library.

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For the most up-to-date Help information, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Help Online. To find additional Virtual Machine Manager 2008 documentation, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 TechCenter Library.