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Announcing PowerShell Crescendo Preview.3

Jason Helmick July 27, 2021 Jul 27, 2021 07/27/21

Improving the development and distribution of Crescendo modules, this preview adds support for multiple command definitions per JSON file, and multiple output handlers to wrap native command output into objects.

Preview updating PowerShell 7.2 with Microsoft Update

Travis Plunk June 16, 2021 Jun 16, 2021 06/16/21

We are going to begin previewing our updates to PowerShell 7 with Microsoft Update.

PowerShell for Visual Studio Code May 2021 Update

Andy Schwartzmeyer June 2, 2021 Jun 2, 2021 06/2/21

We are excited to announce that an update to our PowerShell extension is now available on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. This blog will explain what is new in this release as well as what you can expect from the extension in the coming months. What's new in the PowerShell Extension release This incremental release incorporates a...

SecretManagement Module v1.1.0 preview update

Paul Higinbotham May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 05/25/21

Potential breaking change in the latest preview of SecretManagement 1.1 module release

Announcing PlatyPS 2.0.0-Preview1

Jason Helmick May 20, 2021 May 20, 2021 05/20/21

We are pleased to announce the release of PlatyPS 2.0.0-Preview1, a tool to build PowerShell

Announcing PSDesiredStateConfiguration on PowerShell Gallery

Jason Helmick May 14, 2021 May 14, 2021 05/14/21

We are pleased to announce the release of PSDesiredStateConfiguration 2.0.5 for DSC as a separate module on PowerShell Gallery.

Announcing PowerShell Crescendo Preview.2

Jason Helmick May 6, 2021 May 6, 2021 05/6/21

Many native commands require elevated privileges to perform the expected operations. PowerShell Crescendo Preview 2 now supports cross platform elevation for your Crescendo wrapped native commands.

Optimizing your $Profile

Steve Lee April 6, 2021 Apr 6, 2021 04/6/21

Learn how to measure and improve startup time of your $Profile

Announcing the preview of PSArm

Steve Lee March 31, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 03/31/21

We are pleased to announce the preview of PSArm, providing a domain-specific language embedded in PowerShell for Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.

SecretManagement and SecretStore are Generally Available

Sydney Smith March 25, 2021 Mar 25, 2021 03/25/21

We are excited to announce two modules are now generally available on the PowerShell Gallery: To install the modules, open any PowerShell console and run: Introducing SecretManagement The SecretManagement module helps users manage secrets by providing a common set of cmdlets to interface with secrets across vaults. ...