April 2017

DSC Configuration Sharing

April 28, 2017 Apr 28, 2017 04/28/17

Michael Greene

The community around DSC Resources has been inspiring. The PowerShell Gallery now includes more than 2000 modules/scripts. 181 of those are modules focused on DSC, that collectively include 766 DSC Resources. With this many building blocks available, it has become easier and faster to get a DSC project through the proof of concept phase ...

DSC Resource Kit Release April 2017

April 19, 2017 Apr 19, 2017 04/19/17

Katie Keim [MSFT]

We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 5 DSC resource modules, including 3 new DSC resources. In these past 6 weeks, 57 pull requests have been merged and 46 issues have been closed, all thanks to our amazing community! The modules updated in this release are: PSDscResources xCertificate xDatabase ...

A Comparison of Shell and Scripting Language Security

April 10, 2017 Apr 10, 2017 04/10/17

PowerShell Team

PowerShell Security is a topic on everybody's mind. Most of all - ours. As PowerShell has become more popular with Administrators, it has also become more popular for unauthorized administrators - also known as "Attackers". In any operating system or platform, the power and efficiency you provide to authorized administrators is also available...

PowerShell Team

April 2017 - PowerShell Team