Server Management & Automation Features

Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 enables you to access and manage multiple servers through a single dynamic management interface.

• Remotely deploy roles and features to multiple servers, physical or virtual, local or remote, from a single console.
• Provision servers and offline virtual hard disks from their desktops without requiring physical access to the system or Remote Desktop Protocol connections to each server.
• Manage groups of servers collectively from within a single, integrated console, which enables them to respond to business-critical problems with greater speed and agility.

Windows PowerShell 3.0 delivers over 2300 cmdlets to enable you to automate more tasks quickly.

• Manage server roles and automate management tasks using more than 2,300 cmdlets.
• Execute and monitor scripts more efficiently through more robust session connectivity, workflow capabilities, enhanced job scheduling, and Windows PowerShell Web Access.
• Learn Windows PowerShell with greater ease through improved cmdlet discovery and simplified, consistent syntax across all cmdlets.
• Write Windows PowerShell scripts quicker and more intuitively through the new Integrated Scripting Environment that enables script sharing, which connects IT pros to a larger Windows PowerShell user community.