PowerShell Constrained Language mode and the Dot-Source Operator
PowerShell Constrained Language mode and the Dot-Source Operator PowerShell works with application control systems, such as AppLocker and Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), by automatically...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release November 2018
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 9 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 61 pull requests have been merged and 67 issues have been closed, all thanks to our...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release January 2019
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 14 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 41 pull requests have been merged and 54 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
View ArticleWindows Security change affecting PowerShell
Windows Security change affecting PowerShell January 9, 2019 The recent (1/8/2019) Windows security patch CVE-2019-0543, has introduced a breaking change for a PowerShell remoting scenario. It is a...
View ArticleParsing Text with PowerShell (1/3)
This is the first post in a three part series. Part 1: Useful methods on the String class Introduction to Regular Expressions The Select-String cmdlet Part 2: The -split operator The -match operator...
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Announcing the PowerShell Preview Extension in VSCode
Preview builds of the PowerShell extension are now available in VSCode We are excited to announce the PowerShell Preview extension in the VSCode marketplace! The PowerShell Preview extension allows...
View ArticleThe PowerShell-Docs repositories have been moved
The PowerShell-Docs repositories have been moved from the PowerShell organization to the MicrosoftDocs organization in GitHub. The tools we use to build the documentation are designed to work in the...
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Parsing Text with PowerShell (2/3)
This is the second post in a three-part series. Part 1: Useful methods on the String class Introduction to Regular Expressions The Select-String cmdlet Part 2: the -split operator the -match operator...
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Parsing Text with PowerShell (3/3)
This is the third and final post in a three-part series. Part 1: Useful methods on the String class Introduction to Regular Expressions The Select-String cmdlet Part 2: the -split operator the -match...
View ArticleRelease of PowerShell Script Analyzer (PSScriptAnalyzer) 1.18.2
In keeping with the tradition of releasing improvements to PSScriptAnalyzer more often, we’re happy to announce that 1.18.12 is now available! As a dependency of PowerShell Editor Services (a module...
View ArticleUpdating Help for older versions of PowerShell
PowerShell’s Updatable Help system was introduced in PowerShell 3.0. It was designed to assure that you always have the newest help topics on your local computer so that you can read them at the...
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PowerShell 7 Preview 4
We continue to make progress towards our PowerShell 7 release which currently is targeting December 2019 for a Release Candidate and January 2020 for General Availability and will be our first LTS...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release September 2019
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 15 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 160 pull requests have been merged and 68 issues have been closed, all thanks to...
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PowerShell 7 Preview 5
Today we shipped PowerShell 7 Preview5! This release contains a number of new features and many bug fixes from both the community as well as the PowerShell team. See the Release Notes for all the...
View ArticleDSC Resource Kit Release October 2019
DSC Resource Kit Release We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 9 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 91 pull requests have been merged and 41 issues have been...
View ArticlePowerShell Extension Roadmap
Over the last year we have committed to making the PowerShell editing experience in Visual Studio Code a rich and productive cross-platform alternative for the PowerShell ISE. To that end, we have...
View ArticlePowerShell 7 Preview 6
Today we shipped PowerShell 7 Preview.6! This release contains a number of new features and many bug fixes from both the community as well as the PowerShell team. See the Release Notes for all the...
View ArticleImprovements in Windows PowerShell Container Images
Beginning with Windows Server 20H1 Insider builds, Windows Server Core Insider images have been reduced in size from ~2.1 GBs to ~1.1 GBs. How did the Server Core images get over 40% smaller?...
View ArticleAnnouncing the PowerShell 7.0 Release Candidate
After 6 previews, we’re happy to announce the release of the PowerShell 7 Release Candidate (RC). Whether you’ve been running PowerShell Core since our first alpha releases or you’ve been clinging to...
View ArticleAnnouncing General Availability of the Windows Compatibility Module 1.0.0
The Windows Compatibility module (WindowsCompatibility) is a PowerShell module that lets PowerShell Core 6 scripts access Windows PowerShell modules that are not yet natively available on PowerShell...
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