Things I didn't know yesterday -
- Windows Server "Core" 2008 does not support .NET Framework.
- ...therefore Powershell will not run on Windows Server "Core" 2008.
- ...therefore ASP.NET applications will not run on Windows Server "Core" 2008 (Static content and CGI applications such as PHP are supported)
Very disappointing. I also wanted to know what the positioning of Powershell was against MSBuild - it was clear at this point the Powershell and MSBuild teams don't really communicate with each other.
As it stands, Powershell is squarely positioned as the the VBScript replacement to do all your clever scripting with WMI, ADSI and dynamically calling .NET objects and is not aimed at people wishing to deploy content or dynamically rewriting config files on the fly (although it can be used to do so). I guess we'll be sticking with MSBuild as build and deployment technology of choice for some time.