Windows Management Framework 3.0 Available for Download

Windows Management Framework (WMF) 3.0 makes some updated management functionality from Windows Server 2012 available for installation on Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 SP2. WMF 3.0 contains Windows Server 2012 versions of the following features:

  • Windows PowerShell 3.0
  • Windows Remote Management (WinRM) 3.0
  • Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
  • Management OData IIS Extension
  • Server Manager CIM Provider

Windows PowerShell 3.0
Some of the new features in Windows PowerShell 3.0 include:

Windows PowerShell Workflow
Windows PowerShell Workflow lets IT pros and developers apply the benefits of Windows Workflow Foundation to the automation capabilities of Windows PowerShell. Workflows allow administrators to perform long-running tasks which can be made repeatable, frequent, parallelizable, interruptible, or restartable. When invoked over Windows PowerShell remoting, workflows can manage multiple remote computers or devices at the same time.

Disconnected Sessions
Windows PowerShell sessions can be disconnected from the remote computer and reconnected later from the same computer or a different computer without losing state or causing running commands to fail.

Robust Session Connectivity
Remote sessions are resilient to network failures and will attempt to reconnect for several minutes. If connectivity cannot be reestablished, the session will automatically disconnect itself so that it can be reconnected when network connectivity is restored.

Scheduled Jobs
Windows PowerShell jobs can work with Task Scheduler to create jobs that run on a regular schedule or in response to an event.

Delegated Administration
Commands can be executed with a delegated set of credentials so users with limited permissions can run critical jobs.

Simplified Language Syntax
Simplified language syntax makes commands and scripts look a lot less like code and a lot more like natural language.

Cmdlet Discovery
Improved cmdlet discovery and automatic module loading make it easier to find and run any of the cmdlets installed on your computer.

Show-Command
Show-Command, a cmdlet and ISE Add-On, helps users find the right cmdlet, view its parameters in a dialog box, and run it.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
WMI in Windows Management Framework 3.0 introduces:

A simplified provider development model
This new model brings down the cost of provider development and removes the dependency on COM.

A new Management Infrastructure (MI) Client API to perform standard CIM operations
This API can be used to interact with any standard CIM implementation over WS-Management, allowing management applications on Windows to manage non-Windows computers and devices.

The ability to write Windows PowerShell cmdlets in native code
The new WMI Provider APIs support Windows PowerShell semantics, allowing developers to provide familiar cmdlet behaviors such as Verbose, Error, Warning, WhatIf, Confirm, Progress, etc.

Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
Improvements in WinRM include:

Connections are more robust
Remote connections communicating over WinRM are more robust to transient network failures such as a flaky WAN connection. In the case of a complete network failure, connections are gracefully disconnected and can be reconnected when network connectivity is restored.

Remoting is more Standards-compliant
Standard WS-Management operations, including Create and Delete, can be performed over WMI. Remoting for cmdlets written in native code using the new WMI provider development model uses WS-Management instead of DCOM.

Multiple Windows PowerShell sessions can be shared in the same process
Windows PowerShell sessions from the same user to the same session configuration (WinRM plug-in) can run in a single shared process instead of separate processes. This improves scalability and performance by allowing multiple sessions to share memory and other server resources.

Management OData IIS Extension
Management OData IIS Extension enables an administrator to expose a set of Windows PowerShell cmdlets as a RESTful web endpoint accessible via the Open Data Protocol (OData). This enables Windows and non-Windows clients to discover and invoke Windows PowerShell cmdlets remotely over standard web protocols and interfaces.

Server Manager CIM Provider
The Server Manager CIM provider packaged with Windows Management Framework 3.0 allows you to manage your Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 servers from Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 or Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8

Download Windows Management Framework 3.0
Windows Management Framework 3.0 is available for download here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595

System requirements
Supported operating systems: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Windows Management Framework 3.0 requires .NET Framework 4.0. You can install .NET Framework 4.0 at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=212547

Need more information? See the "WMF 3 Release Notes.docx"

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