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Windows Terminal Preview 1.1 Release

Kayla Cinnamon June 18, 2020 Jun 18, 2020 06/18/20

Welcome to the first update of Windows Terminal Preview! You can download Windows Terminal Preview from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. The latest features in this release will move to Windows Terminal in July 2020. Let's check out what's new! Open in Windows Terminal You can now right click on a folder in File Explorer...

Microsoft Open-Sources GW-BASIC

Rich Turner May 21, 2020 May 21, 2020 05/21/20

We are excited to announce the open-sourcing of Microsoft's GW-BASIC on GitHub!

Windows Terminal 1.0

Kayla Cinnamon May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

Last year at Build 2019, we first announced the Windows Terminal. Since then, we have been working with the community to create a wonderful terminal experience while still being a preview product. Here we are at Build 2020 and we are so excited to share with you our latest announcements! Build 2020 Windows Terminal 1.0 We are incredibly ...

Windows Package Manager Preview

Demitrius Nelon May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

We are thrilled to announce the Windows Package Manager preview! If you’re already familiar with what a package manager is, feel free to skip this paragraph. If you’re still reading, you’re going to love this! A package manager is designed to help you save time and frustration. Essentially, it is a set of software tools that help you ...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.11 Release

Kayla Cinnamon April 22, 2020 Apr 22, 2020 04/22/20

We are back with one last major update before the 1.0 release of Windows Terminal! Releases between now and then will be revisions of this version. This is the v0.11 release and you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's see what has changed with this update! Azure visualization - https://...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.10 Release

Kayla Cinnamon March 17, 2020 Mar 17, 2020 03/17/20

Welcome to the v0.10 release of the Windows Terminal! As always, you can install the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or download the package from the GitHub releases page. Let's dive into what's new! Mouse Input The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications as well as Windows applications ...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.9 Release

Kayla Cinnamon February 13, 2020 Feb 13, 2020 02/13/20

The v0.9 release of the Windows Terminal has arrived! This is the last version of the Terminal that will include new features before the v1 release. You can download the Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's dive into what's new! Command Line Arguments The wt execution alias now supports command ...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.8 Release

Kayla Cinnamon January 14, 2020 Jan 14, 2020 01/14/20

The release of the Windows Terminal preview v0.8 has arrived! You can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's jump into what's new! Search Search functionality has been added to the Terminal! The default key binding to invoke the search dropdown is {"command": "find", "keys": ["ctrl+shift+f"]}. ...

Happy Holidays from the Windows Terminal Team!

Kayla Cinnamon December 18, 2019 Dec 18, 2019 12/18/19

What a crazy year 2019 has been for the Windows command line! Let's take a look at everything that has happened and where we're going from here. Announcement at Microsoft Build On May 6th of this year, the Windows Terminal was announced at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle, WA. Here's all of the content that came with our ...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.7 Release

Kayla Cinnamon November 26, 2019 Nov 26, 2019 11/26/19

Another release is out for the Windows Terminal preview! This release is labeled as v0.7 in the About section of the Terminal. As always, you can download the Terminal from the Microsoft Store and from the GitHub releases page. Here's what's new in this release: Windows Terminal Updates Panes You are now able to split your Terminal window ...

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