Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH

Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH by tremon on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @08:10AM (#18663541)

you can pass serialisable objects around, handle errors, the multiple output streams, etc. over the remoting connection.

That's fine in theory, except that some very common Windows Objects can't be serialized in any meaningful way (most painful one for me being the Windows Update Client), which means that certain "remote" operations are actually affecting the client machine, or are failing because the client lacks support for certain operations.

I've been using Powershell since v2, but to me, it's essentially a walled garden automation environment. Just one more way for Microsoft not to give you the tools to efficiently manage your fleet.

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Re:Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH by jodrellblank on Thursday December 13, 2018 @03:15AM (#18670677)

How is that different from SSH? You can't serialise open sockets and pull them back over an SSH connection either.

a) I think the normal use is something like SCCM or InTune to automate Windows Updates, not manually connecting to a machine and trying to script the Windows Update Client.

b) Microsoft built Azure Stack with PowerShell automation. Are you saying Microsoft refused to give themselves the tools to efficiently manage their own fleet? What tools even are these?

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