The Microsoft PowerShell updates that rolled out with Windows Server 2012 clearly indicate the vendor intends to use the scripting language as an operational framework for most of its products. With PowerShell v3 cmdlets, for example, you can install and configure Hyper-V from the command line, and eventually you'll be able to perform all Hyper-V management from the Systems Center family, which runs PowerShell under its graphical user interface.
