DSC Resource Kit Release April 2017
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 5 DSC resource modules, including 3 new DSC resources. In these past 6 weeks, 57 pull requests have been merged and 46 issues...
View ArticleDSC Configuration Sharing
The community around DSC Resources has been inspiring. The PowerShell Gallery now includes more than 2000 modules/scripts. 181 of those are modules focused on DSC, that collectively include 766 DSC...
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OpenSSH Security Testing Kick Off
Over the past while, we’ve been very busy porting OpenSSH to Win32. We’ve been working with the OpenSSH community in our GitHub repository, and are nearing a point where we are taking steps to make it...
View ArticlePowerShell Core 6 Beta.1 Release
Approximately 9 months ago, we announced PowerShell Core 6 on GitHub being not only Open Source, but also cross platform. Today, I’m proud to announce we are moving out of alpha and into beta! We...
View ArticleAnnouncing PowerShell for Visual Studio Code 1.0!
Today we are extremely excited to announce that the PowerShell extension for Visual Studio Code has reached version 1.0! We are shipping this update to line up with the PowerShell Core 6.0 Beta.1...
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Windows 10 Creators Update and PowerShell DSC
For those of you who are using or planning to update the Windows 10 Creators Update, we want to make you aware of some issues that we have discovered in DSC. The following scenario is an issue in this...
View ArticleComing Soon – PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell
At BUILD 2017, we announced the preview of Azure Cloud Shell supporting the Bash shell. We are adding PowerShell support to Azure Cloud Shell, which gives you a choice of shell to get work done....
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release May 2017
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 10 DSC resource modules including 3 new resources. In these past 6 weeks, 60 pull requests have been merged and 58 issues have...
View ArticleGetting Started with PowerShell Core on Windows, Mac, and Linux
Today we have a guest post from Honorary Script Guy and Microsoft Premier Field Engineer Ashley McGlone, also known as GoateePFE. This is deeper than Coke vs. Pepsi or Ford vs. Chevy. We are breaking...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release July 2017
We just released the DSC Resource Kit!This release includes updates to 12 DSC resource modules. In these past 6 weeks, 106 pull requests have been merged and 115 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
View ArticlePowerShell 6.0 Roadmap: CoreCLR, Backwards Compatibility, and More!
As we’ve made progress on open-source PowerShell, it’s time to start talking more in-depth about: different editions of PowerShell PowerShell’s relationship to .NET Core and .NET Standard the future of...
View ArticlePowerShell Documentation Migration
Hi, I’m Zach Alexander and I’m a PM on the PowerShell Team working on documentation. I wanted to let you know that there will be a brief downtime for online PowerShell documentation. This downtime...
View ArticlePSSwagger – Automatically generate PowerShell cmdlets from OpenAPI (f.k.a...
As a PowerShell enthusiast or DevOps professional, have you ever thought of having a tool that automatically generates PowerShell cmdlets to manage or access a RESTful Web Service? We are happy to...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release August 2017
DSC Resource Kit Release We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 10 DSC resource modules. In these past 6 weeks, 91 pull requests have been merged and 74 issues have...
View ArticleWindows PowerShell 2.0 Deprecation
We recently announced that Windows PowerShell 2.0 is being deprecated in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Deprecation is a process whereby technologies or applications are marked as legacy,...
View ArticleDSC Future Direction Update
PowerShell Core and DSC PowerShell is open sourced and moving over to .Net Standard 2.0 for the reasons outlined in Jeffrey’s blog post. Like PowerShell, PowerShell Desired State configuration (DSC)...
View ArticlePowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell (Preview) is now publically available in...
Yesterday, at IGNITE 2017, we announced the public availability of PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell. With the addition of PowerShell in Cloud Shell, alongside Bash in Azure Cloud Shell, you now have the...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release October 2017
We just released the DSC Resource Kit!This release includes updates to 6 DSC resource modules. In these past 6 weeks, 52 pull requests have been merged and 39 issues have been closed, all thanks to our...
View ArticlePolaris – simple Microservices using only PowerShell
Polaris – Simple Microservices using only PowerShell Polaris is a cross-platform, minimalist web framework for PowerShell Core 6. With 6 lines of code, you have your very own webserver running and...
View ArticleNavigate Azure Resources Just Like a File System
At Microsoft Ignite (around 8:15 min), we announced the Public Preview of PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell. A unique feature of PowerShell experience in Azure Cloud Shell is navigation of Azure...
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