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The power of Windows PowerShell is enhanced significantly by the ability to access and utilize the .NET framework from within both the shell environment and PowerShell scripts. This means that if there is a requirement for which a Windows PowerShell cmdlet or construct is not available, there is a very good chance the behavior is available via .NET. For example, Windows PowerShell is a text based environment with no built in support for creating and displaying graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Through the use of .NET WinForms support, however, even the most complex of GUIs can be created quickly and easily from with Windows PowerShell.
In this chapter of [[Windows PowerShell 1.0 Essentials]] the basics of using .NET within Windows PowerShell will be covered. In the next chapter, [[Designing Creating GUIs in Windows PowerShell 1.0 with WinForms]], will cover creation of graphical user interfaces.
== The Basics of .NET ==
