http://sqlserver.ro/blogs/cristians_blog/archive/2008/01/08/vscmdshell-a-powershell-add-in-for-microsoft-visual-studio.aspxTo answer a question on a previous blog post - YES, there is a PowerShell Add-In for Visual Studio - the VSCmdShell . It works with Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 (I tested with 2008 version) and you can also get the code for it from the projectenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)