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Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 RTM is now available via the Microsoft Update Catalog

March 21, 2016 Mar 21, 2016 03/21/16

PowerShell Team

The PowerShell Team is happy to announce the availability of WMF 5.0 RTM via the Microsoft Update Catalog, bringing the improvements delivered in WMF 5.0 to large-scale deployments. IT Administrators can now use existing tools such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to install WMF 5.0 RTM ...

Debugging PowerShell DSC Class Resources

March 14, 2016 Mar 14, 2016 03/14/16

Paul Higinbotham [MSFT]

Update: I neglected to mention that the DSC resource debugging enabling Cmdlet, Enable-DscDebug, is available only in the Technical Preview 5 release and this was not available when this blog was first published. My sincerest apologies for that. Fortunately this release is now available at: System Center 2016 Preview and Windows Server...

Package Management Preview – March 2016 for PowerShell 4 & 3 is now available

March 8, 2016 Mar 8, 2016 03/8/16

Manikyam Bavandla [MSFT]

We’re excited to announce the availability of Package Management related PowerShell modules targeted for PowerShell 4 and PowerShell 3. The MSI based installer can be downloaded from Microsoft Download Center! This preview consists of modules PackageManagement (formerly known as OneGet) and PowerShellGet. The versions of these modules ...

Announcing the Underhanded PowerShell Contest

March 7, 2016 Mar 7, 2016 03/7/16

PowerShell Team

In an effort to improve the validation capability of PowerShell Script Analyzer, we are running a series of contests. We want you - the community members - to help us identify underhanded PowerShell scripts, and then create rules to catch them. There are specific areas where Script Analyzer rules are needed and we need your skills to help us ...