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Overview of WMF 4.0 : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855

 

I have mention in my previous blog post, that to leverage the benefits of the DSC, we have to install the PowerShell Version 4.0.

Windows PowerShell 4.0 is a part of the “Windows Management Framework 4.0” [WMF 4.0].

WMF 4.0 included the following.

1.      Windows PowerShell

2.      Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)

3.      Windows PowerShell Web Services (Management OData IIS Extension)

4.      Windows Remote Management (WinRM)

5.      Windows Management Infrastructure (WMI)

6.      Server Manager WMI provider

7.      Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

 

Note: Make sure, PowerShell 4.0  is required on the both machines where you are going to write configuration scripts and on the Server and nodes where you want to deploy exported MOF files.

 

PowerShell 4.0 {WMF 4.0} can be installed / available  on the below operating Systems.

OS	Built In	Service Pack	Edition
Windows 7	No	Service Pack 1	All
Windows Embedded 7	No		All
Windows Server 2008 R2	No	Service Pack 1	All except IA64
Windows Server 2012	No		All except IA64
Windows 8	No		You can’t install it on Windows 8, upgrade it to 8.1 , then you can install it.
Windows 8.1	Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2	Yes

 

Note: WMF 3.0 [PowerShell V3] and WMF 2.0 [PowerShell V2] and not required for the installation of WMF 4.0 [PowerShell 4.0]

 

.NET Framework 4.5 must be installed before installing WMF 4.0. Also Try to install all windows update before installing PowerShell 4.0 [WMF 4.0]

 

Installation on windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2

 

Windows 7

 

You can find description on WMF 4.0 at this link :     http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2819745

1.      Download and Install Service Pack 1 for windows 7,  if it is not already installed.

a.      http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5842

2.      Download and Install .Net Framework 4.5

a.      http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653

3.      Download WMF 4.0 and double click on .msu file to start installation.

o   X86

§  Windows6.1-KB2819745-x86.msu 

§  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855

o   X64

§  Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg.msu

§  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855

4.      Reboot your computer once installation is finishes.

 

You can find description on WMF 4.0 at this link:      http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2819745

The installation of PowerShell 4.0 on Windows 2008 R2 Server is same as windows 7.

I have installed PowerShell 4.0 in one of my freshly installed sever, so it is worth sharing the screenshots of the installation with you.

1.      Make sure that Service Pac1 is installed on your Windows 2008 R2 Server, if Service Pack is not installed , please install it.

a.      http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5842

b.      

2.      Download and install .Net 4.5

                                                              i.     http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653

                                                            ii.      Accept the Terms

                                                          iii.      Click on Install.

                                                           iv.     

                                                             v.     

                                                           vi.      After few minute {depends on on your internet connection speed} you will see the finish screen on the .NET installer, click on FINISH.

                                                         vii.     

3.      Now, our .NET 4.5 is installed successfully, let’s check which version of PowerShell is installed on the server.

a.      Run $PSVersionTable to check the installed PowerShell version,

                                                              i.      You can see, currently PowerShell version 2.0 is installed.

b.     

4.      Ok’ , let’s run the installation file for WMF 4.0

a.      X64

                                                              i.      Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg.msu

                                                            ii.      http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855

                                                          iii.      Download and run it

                                                           iv.       

                                                             v.     

                                                           vi.       

                                                         vii.      It will ask you about , that if you want to install the update “KB2819745” , click on YES

                                                       viii.       

                                                           ix.     

                                                             x.      N

                                                           xi.      Accept the licence Term and click on “I Accept”

                                                         xii.     

                                                       xiii.       

                                                       xiv.      It will start the installation of the WMF 4.0

                                                         xv.       

                                                       xvi.     

                                                     xvii.      A

                                                   xviii.      Once the installation is finishes, it will ask you to reboot the server,  please reboot it.

                                                       xix.     

b.      Once you reboot the server , and login back, open the PowerShell console and run the $PSVersionTable to check the PowerShell version

                                                              i.      $psVersionTable

                                                            ii.      And you can see that we have 4.0 installed J

                                                          iii.     

 

 

Overview of WMF 4.0 :  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2799888

Installation of WMF 4.0 on windows 2012 is very simple.

1.      .Net 4.5 is preinstalled in Windows Server 2012

2.      Download Windows8-RT-KB2799888-x64.msu

a.     http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855

3.      Double click on the .msu file and install it.

4.      Once it is installed, reboot your server.

5.      Check the output of $psversionTable

 

 

 

Known Issue

 

Problem: Installing WMF 4.0 on a computer that is not running .NET 4.5 , may report that the installation is successful but PowerShell 4.0 is not installed.

Solution: Install .NET Framework 4.5 and run the installer again.

 

That’s all for today, See you in next blog post.

 

Regards

Aman Dhally

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