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Longhorn Command Shell Beta Begins

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Microsoft PDC participants who signed up for the Longhorn Command Shell Beta have been sent an email today stating they've sucessfully been accepted. Beta testers will soon be able to download and install the Preview code.

Longorn Command Shell MSH is the new scripting and automation environment for Windows. This is a new Windows component that is planned for release with Windows codename Longhorn. This beta is for an early preview of the Longhorn Command Shell.

Key Features:

  • MSH – Microsoft Shell

  • Focused on Automation & scripting

  • Focused on power users and administrators

    Provides:

  • Interactive shell

  • Cmdlets

  • Utilities

  • Scripting language

  • Remote scripting

  • Foundation for Task-Based management

    News source: Betaplace.com

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