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Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 Release

Kayla CinnamonAugust 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19

Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store! If you have previously installed the Terminal from the Store, you will receive this update automatically. If you've not yet installed Terminal from the Microsoft Store, now would be a great time because it contains some MAJOR improvements and updates! ⭐ If you are ...

The Azure Cloud Shell Connector in Windows Terminal

Pankaj BhojwaniAugust 2, 2019Aug 2, 201908/2/19

The Windows Terminal can now connect you to the Azure Cloud Shell! We have a new default profile - the Azure Cloud Shell, which will allow you to access your Azure directories/tenants through the Windows Terminal app itself. If you already have Windows Terminal installed Your settings will not automatically update with the new default ...

Windows Terminal Microsoft Store Preview Release

Kayla CinnamonJune 21, 2019Jun 21, 201906/21/19

The Windows Terminal preview is now in the Microsoft Store! The Windows Terminal is the new, powerful, open source terminal application that was announced at Build 2019. Its main features include multiple tabs, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations. ...

Windows Terminal Build 2019 FAQ

Kayla CinnamonMay 20, 2019May 20, 201905/20/19

Last week, Microsoft held its Build 2019 conference at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Build is a large event with several thousand people from around the world attending to learn all about the current, newest, and future developer-oriented tech coming from Microsoft. We had the pleasure of meeting so many of you at our ...

Introducing Windows Terminal

Kayla CinnamonMay 6, 2019May 6, 201905/6/19

We are beyond excited to announce Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. https://aka.ms/terminal-video Windows Terminal will be delivered via the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 and ...

New Experimental Console Features

Rich TurnerDecember 10, 2018Dec 10, 201812/10/18

As of Windows 10 build 18298, when you open the properties page of any Console window, you’ll notice an additional “Terminal” tab. Click on this tab and you’ll see several new settings for some experimental features we’re working on for future OS releases: Important Note: These settings are "experimental", because in certain ...

WSL & Console team ch…ch…ch…chaaaaanges!

Rich TurnerOctober 12, 2017Oct 12, 201710/12/17

Dear friends of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, nee "Bash on [Ubuntu on] Windows") & Windows Console: I would like to share with you some changes to our org' that will benefit WSL, Windows Console and the Windows command-line in general moving forward. After shipping a major new release, Microsoft often shuffles teams and people ...

How to Determine What Just Ran on Windows Console

Rich TurnerJuly 28, 2017Jul 28, 201707/28/17

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...

Rumors of Cmd’s death have been greatly exaggerated

Rich TurnerJanuary 4, 2017Jan 4, 201701/4/17

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 ...

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