Microsoft PowerShell is often described as batch programming on steroids.
It's an immensely powerful programming language, much loved by IT
professionals, which can be used to control and automate just about every
aspect of a PC or network. For some time now, serious PowerShell users have
shunned ISE in favour of PowerShell Plus, a professional product developed by
Idera and available for $199. As of today, though, Idera have not only
announced a new version (v4.6) of PowerShell Plus but they've also made it
free of charge. So if you've never discovered PowerShell before, now's the
time to try, with $200 worth of development tool at your disposal for no
cost.
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