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Windows Command-Line: Backgrounder

June 20, 2018 Jun 20, 2018 06/20/18
Rich Turner
This is the first of a series of posts in which we’ll explore all things command-line – from the origins of the command-line and the evolution of the terminal, to what we’re doing to overhaul and modernize the Windows Console & command-line in future Windows releases.

OpenSSH in Windows 10!

January 22, 2018 Jan 22, 2018 01/22/18
Rich Turner
SSH is one of the most important tools in the *NIX world, through which users communicate with shells, applications, and services running on remote machines, devices, VM's and containers. Windows users most often remotely access Windows machines, devices, VM's and Containers via the amazingly powerful Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) which, as ...

How to Determine What Just Ran on Windows Console

July 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017 07/28/17
Rich Turner
Ever wonder what was run in that Console window that briefly appeared on your screen? In this guest post, Craig Loewen - our awesome summer intern explains how you can find out what command-line applications run on your machine. Over to you Craig ... [This article includes samples from Nathan Gau’s Blog on Using SCOM to Capture Suspicious...

Great Bash Intro Video from Build 2017

May 19, 2017 May 19, 2017 05/19/17
Rich Turner
In case you've not seen it yet, Bash/WSL team members Yosef, Paul & Ben, along with Sean Larkin (WebPack) & Ken Wheeler (FormidableLabs) talk about what Bash/WSL is, what it's for, and why it's an essential tool to them! Be sure to watch, and comment below and/or hit us up on Twitter if you have questions! Yosef (@yosefdurr) Paul...

Will Linux distros run on Windows 10 S?

May 18, 2017 May 18, 2017 05/18/17
Rich Turner
Will Linux distros run on Windows 10 S? Many people have asked "You just announced that Linux distro's are coming to the Windows Store - will they run on Windows 10 S?" The answer is No! Just because an "app" comes from the Windows Store does NOT automatically mean that it's safe & suitable for running in Windows 10 S. There are some ...

Use Visual C++ for Linux to build and debug C++ code on the Windows Subsystem for Linux

February 8, 2017 Feb 8, 2017 02/8/17
Rich Turner
I first learned about Visual C++ for Linux, which was released in March 2016, shortly before the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) was first announced. I was immediately blown away by how VERY cool this feature of Visual Studio is! What's insanely cool about this feature is that when the project is built, VS opens an SSH channel to a target...

Rumors of Cmd’s death have been greatly exaggerated

January 4, 2017 Jan 4, 2017 01/4/17
Rich Turner
This post is in response to a story published on December 6th 2016 by ComputerWorld titled "Say goodbye to the MS-DOS command prompt" and its follow-up article "Follow-up: MS-DOS lives on after all". These "stories" were subsequently picked up by Business Insider and Life Hacker among others and fueled a number of concerned Tweets some of ...