According to given information regarding Windows Nano Server, it does not contain full .NET Framework, but .NET Core.

.NET libraries contained in the Core are listed here. Some are complete, some are not. But what I don't understand is that System.Management.Automation is missing from the list entirely.

This library is the one used to use PowerShell cmdlets in .NET applications. Considering how important PowerShell is today for sysadmins in particular, this omission in light of the Nano Server seems simply weird. So does this mean functionality provided by System.Management.Automation is not available in Windows Nano Server?

When we deploy .NET applications on Nano server, how are we supposed to manage other MS product and services from these applications? Many of them, including Exchange and Office 365 can only be managed using PowerShell.

Using Nano Server to host management applications would do well to reduce upkeep costs, since full Windows Server would no longer be required. And this would give our clients one more reason to migrate services to Azure.