Microsoft PowerShell tool nears Q4 release

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Microsoft is shipping Release Candidate 2 of its PowerShell 1.0 command line environment and scripting language for Windows Server 2003.

According to statements on the company's PowerShell team blog, the RC, which is the final stage of testing before releasing a product to manufacturing, addresses numerous customer requests based on their evaluations of both Beta 3 and RC1.

The changes include direct support for Active Directory Service Interfaces in order to simplify Active Directory administration, as well as improved support for Windows Management Instrumentation by adding the ability to change WMI properties via methods.