PowerShell 2.0 is installed by default on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The PowerShell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment) is installed by default on Windows 7, but not Windows Server 2008 R2. You can use the following information to install the ISE on your 2008 R2 server (as long as it’s running the full GUI and not the Core installation).
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Launch PowerShell and execute the following:
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I'll also recommend using the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) new tool instead of PowerShell ISE and show you how to install Visual Studio Code (VS Code).
PowerShellThe Microsoft Windows PowerShell ISE is a graphical user interface-based application and a default editor for Windows PowerShell. ISE stands for the Integrated Scripting Environment. It is an interface in which we can run commands and write, test, and debug PowerShell scripts without writing all the commands in the command-line interface. In Windows PowerShell 4.0 and Windows PowerShell 3.0, Windows PowerShell ISE is enabled by default.
The PowerShell ISE is now installed and can be accessed under the “Start>All Programs>Accessories>Windows PowerShell” Menu:
PowerShell scripts are disabled by default on both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Typing commands into the ISE and executing them will work, but once they are saved as a script, you will receive the following error when you attempt to execute it:
Using the following command, the execution of scripts is set to “RemoteSigned” which requires that scripts downloaded from the Internet be signed by a trusted publisher:
PowerShell1PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicyRemoteSignedThe execution policy can also be set via group policy. You can learn more about execution policies on Microsoft TechNet.
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