Writing a Windows PowerShell Workflow

You can create a XAML workflow by adding activities exposed by Windows PowerShell assemblies to the Workflow designer in Visual Studio. The following Windows PowerShell assemblies expose workflow-enabled activities.

Important
A XAML workflow must be packaged as a module if you want to provide help for the workflow. For information about modules, see Writing a Windows PowerShell Module.

• N:Microsoft.PowerShell.Activities

• N:Microsoft.PowerShell.Core.Activities

• N:Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics.Activities

• N:Microsoft.PowerShell.Management.Activities

• N:Microsoft.PowerShell.Security.Activities

• N:Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.Activities

The following topics describe how to create a Workflow by using Windows PowerShell activities.