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Require License Acceptance Support in PowerShellGet
PowerShellGet version 1.5.0 has added support for module publishers to require explicit license acceptance from users before installing a module. This feature has been requested by several of our...
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The security industry is ablaze with news about how PowerShell is being used by both commodity malware and attackers alike. Surely there’s got to be a way to defend yourself against these attacks!...
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PowerShell Constrained Language Mode What is PowerShell Constrained Language? PowerShell Constrained Language is a language mode of PowerShell designed to support day-to-day administrative tasks, yet...
View ArticleAzure Automation DSC Pricing Flexibility
Today we would like to share a new flexible pricing strategy for managing server nodes using Azure Automation to deliver PowerShell Desired State Configuration, giving you greater control over costs of...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release November 2017
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 10 DSC resource modules. In these past 6 weeks, 53 pull requests have been merged and 50 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
View ArticlePowerShell Core 6 Release Candidate
PowerShell Core 6 Release Candidate Last year, we announced that PowerShell was not only Open Source, but also cross platform. The finish line is in sight and we recently published the Release...
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Prerelease Versioning Added to PowerShellGet and PowerShell Gallery
With the release of PowerShellGet 1.6.0, PowerShellGet cmdlets and the PowerShell Gallery have added support for prerelease strings for prerelease versions of modules and scripts. You can now publish...
View ArticleDSC Resource Naming Guidelines
When DSC was announced at TechEd 2013, one of the goals was to “Create an ecosystem”. The ecosystem for DSC has grown tremendously in the last 4 years. At worldwide events for PowerShell (PowerShell +...
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Using the OpenSSH Beta in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Windows Server...
I’m thrilled to share that a Beta OpenSSH client and server daemon are available as a Feature-on-Demand in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Windows Server 1709. Since our last update blog, we’ve...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release December 2017
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 16 DSC resource modules. In these past 5 weeks, 68 pull requests have been merged and 59 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
View ArticlePowerShell Core 6.0: Generally Available (GA) and Supported!
PowerShell Core 6.0 is a new edition of PowerShell that is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, and Linux), open-source, and built for heterogeneous environments and the hybrid cloud. First and foremost,...
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The release of PowerShell Core 6.0 is only the beginning and we are already thinking about the next leg of our journey. Most of the effort of the team with PowerShell Core 6.0 was in these areas:...
View ArticleDesired State Configuration (DSC) Planning Update – January 2018
In September 2017 we communicated some of our plans for PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC). Over the past few months, we have been executing on these plans and collecting feedback from...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release February 2018
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 12 DSC resource modules. In these past 7 weeks, 83 pull requests have been merged and 70 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release March 2018
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 7 DSC resource modules. In these past 7 weeks, 43 pull requests have been merged and 37 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
View ArticleUsing the PowerShell Standard Library
This is the first a set of posts which will help you take advantage of a new Nuget package PowerShellStandard Library 5.1.0. This package allows developers to create modules and applications which host...
View ArticlePowerShell Core 6 Release Candidate
PowerShell Core 6 Release Candidate Last year, we announced that PowerShell was not only Open Source, but also cross platform. The finish line is in sight and we recently published the Release...
View ArticleUsing the PowerShell Standard Library
This is the first a set of posts which will help you take advantage of a new Nuget package PowerShellStandard Library 5.1.0. This package allows developers to create modules and applications which host...
View ArticleWindows Pull Server Planning Update – April 2018
In the next Current Branch release of Windows Server a new feature will be released to provide support for SQL Server as the database platform to support Windows Pull Server for DSC. This capability...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release May 2018
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 12 DSC resource modules. In these past 6 weeks, 52 pull requests have been merged and 63 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
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