Cloud Deployment Survey
Occasionally, our team will run open public surveys to gather data on trends in the industry. Right now, we are running a survey on cloud deployment projects. This is a short survey for people...
View ArticleAzure DSC Extension Data Collection
NOTE: For information on OS support, and other features, please refer to our release history. Overview In order to improve the quality of the DSC Extension, the DSC Extension will start automatically...
View ArticleplatyPS: write External Help files in Markdown
Today we are glad to release a Preview of platyPS. platyPS is a PowerShell module that converts PowerShell help files written as Markdown to other formats starting with MAML XML. What’s the problem...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit gets even bigger
In the last couple of weeks we’ve seen lots of activity from our contributors and collaborators across DSC repositories and are excited to announce what’s the biggest update to DSC Resource Kit yet!...
View ArticlePSScriptAnalyzer v1.4.0 release and support on PSv3.0
Hello All. The first ScriptAnalyzer release of year 2016 added the ability to run on platforms containing PowerShell versions 3.0 and above. This means that Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 is no...
View ArticleWindows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 RTM packages has been republished
Today, we have republished the Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 RTM packages for Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 SP1 to Microsoft...
View ArticleThe PowerShell Gallery Is Public
We are excited to announce that, as of today, the PowerShell Gallery has changed from Preview to Public. In July 2015, we announced and opened the PowerShell Gallery for public contributions. Since...
View ArticleARM DSC Extension Settings
Overview This is the schema for the settings portion of the Azure DSC extension in an ARM template. Fast Reference "settings": { "wmfVersion": "latest", "configuration": { "url":...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Underhanded PowerShell Contest
In an effort to improve the validation capability of PowerShell Script Analyzer, we are running a series of contests. We want you – the community members – to help us identify underhanded PowerShell...
View ArticlePackage Management Preview – March 2016 for PowerShell 4 & 3 is now available
We’re excited to announce the availability of Package Management related PowerShell modules targeted for PowerShell 4 and PowerShell 3. The MSI based installer can be downloaded from Microsoft Download...
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Debugging PowerShell DSC Class Resources
Traditionally PowerShell script debugging has been limited to script running inside the PowerShell console or ISE (Integrated Script Environment), which means you are limited to debugging script that...
View ArticleWindows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 RTM is now available via the Microsoft...
The PowerShell Team is happy to announce the availability of WMF 5.0 RTM via the Microsoft Update Catalog, bringing the improvements delivered in WMF 5.0 to large-scale deployments. IT Administrators...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Update
We’ve just updated the DSC Resource Kit for April! Since our last update in February, there have been 107 merged pull requests with 49 closed issues. Thanks to our wonderful community, the DSC...
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Windows Management Framework 5.0 Updates and WMF 5.1
Thanks to all of you, the Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 release has been a huge success. WMF 5.0 RTM has had over 130,000 downloads in the first 5 weeks after release! WMF 5.0 RTM Downloads...
View ArticleBash for Windows: Why it’s awesome and what it means for PowerShell
This week at Build, Microsoft announced that we will be enabling you to run “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows” as a developer tool for Windows 10. It will natively support Ubuntu userspace and GNU/Linux...
View ArticleAWS DSC Toolkit
We have just released a brand new module called the AWS DSC Toolkit! This module allows you to register AWS EC2 instances as DSC Nodes in Azure Automation. You can then control your EC2 instances in...
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View File Content Feature is Available on the Gallery
We are excited to let you know that you can now view files and their contents directly from the PowerShellGallery! We have received a lot of feedback that you want to see the file contents in the items...
View ArticleThe Archive module is now open-source
Over the past year, the PowerShell Team has released and developed a ton of open-source code. Many of our open-source projects started and have grown out in the open, like our DSC resources,...
View ArticleDeveloping PowerShell Cmdlets for Nano Server using the PowerShell Core SDK
Looking to develop PowerShell cmdlets for Nano Server? Try out our new PowerShell SDK for Nano on the PowerShell Gallery. Or, if you already have Windows 10 or Windows Management Framework 5.0...
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Understanding the PowerShell UserVoice
The PowerShell Team been using UserVoice to take in requests, feedback and bug reports for a few months now. It’s been really great seeing feedback come in directly from the PowerShell community. I...
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