1. At least one computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions that provide a framework for automating administrative tasks, the framework comprising: a parser component configured to parse input and to identify at least one cmdlet based on the input; and an engine component configured to populate a parameter associated with the cmdlet using information from an input source, and to execute the cmdlet to generate a precisely parseable stream, wherein the input source comprises the precisely parseable stream emitted from another cmdlet and wherein the precisely parseable stream comprises at least one live object.