Windows Server 2012 SP2, and PowerShell 4.0 introduced new cmdlets to install Windows features through the use of scripts. This provides a further layer of automation to the PowerShell toolset as you can dynamically and completely build servers with a single script.
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If you want to manage the Windows features cmdlets from a Windows 8.1 system, you will first need to install Remote Server Administration Tools. Then you will have to enable Server Manager the feature. This will enable you to manage server-based operating systems such as Windows Server 2012 R2. These can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39296.
To view the features that are available for installation and uninstallation through the cmdlets, you can leverage the get-windowsfeature cmdlet. When you call the get-windowsfeature cmdlet without parameters, you will find that there are over 260 items that can be individually installed. Each feature on the system...