Unlike Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista, Windows PowerShell is not a downloadable component for Windows Server 2008. Here’s how to install it on your Windows Server 2008 machine.

Windows PowerShell is installed either as an optional component on the installation disk or via Server Manager. The easiest and best way to install it is to use Server Manager so that’s what I’ll cover here.

Firstly, open Server Manager from the Administrative Tools folder. Select “Add Features” from the options on the right (as below).

Windows Server 2008 Server Manager

Scroll right to the bottom of the list of features that appears and select “Windows PowerShell”. The screenshot below is of my test system and you can see that the Windows PowerShell option is unavailable - obviously that’s because it’s already installed.

Windows Server 2008 Server Manager - Select PowerShell

On your system if you haven’t already installed it, tick the box and click Install. Follow the prompts from there and you’re done!

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