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There's a version of PowerShell that's even more powerful — and it's already on your Windows PC

Managing infrastructure on a Windows machine usually means relying on PowerShell to handle your automation. It feels great when you are editing the Windows Registry or handling Active Directory, but ...
MCPmag

Next PowerShell Core Version Will Just Be Called 'PowerShell 7'

Windows PowerShell will soon be replaced by a new Core product called "PowerShell 7," Microsoft announced last week. The company is aligning PowerShell 7 releases with .NET Core releases, so it ...
ZDNet

Microsoft revamps programming language PowerShell as Windows 10 use trails Linux

Three years after releasing PowerShell Core for Linux and macOS, Microsoft has announced PowerShell 7, the newest version of PowerShell Core. Only in March, Microsoft released PowerShell Core 6.2 but ...
BetaNews

Microsoft finally removes PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11

Having previously announced the future deprecation of PowerShell 2.0, Microsoft has now released a version of Windows 11 that sees this command line shell removed. The writing has been on the wall for ...
ZDNet

Microsoft: VS Code for PowerShell 7 arrives with ISE mode

If you’re a PowerShell user and a fan of the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE), you now have the option to flick on ISE mode in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) cross-platform ...
techtarget

PowerShell 6 expands reach but lags behind Windows version

What PowerShell 6 lacks in functionality, it adds in reach. Microsoft released PowerShell Core 6 in January 2018, the first release since the company shifted the Windows-based standard automation ...
MCPmag

PowerShell Core Updated to Version 6.1

Version 6.1 of PowerShell Core, Microsoft's scripting tool that's used for DevOps purposes, is now available, the company announced last week. PowerShell Core is based on the open source .NET Core 2.1 ...
Redmond

Best Practices for PowerShell Script Version Control, Part 1

Use semantic versioning (X.Y.Z) so version numbers are meaningful, not arbitrary. Patch updates should fix bugs or improve logic/performance without changing visible behavior. Minor and major updates ...
techtarget

Why do admins need both powershell.exe and pwsh.exe?

Newcomers to PowerShell Core might wonder why there's a pwsh.exe file when there's a powershell.exe executable for Windows PowerShell. There's a bit of backstory that explains why administrators ...