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Mar 15, 2021
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SecretStore Release Candidate 3

Sydney Smith

The SecretStore release candidate 3 (RC3) module is now available on the PowerShell Gallery. This contains an exciting new feature which allows users to non-interactively create, and configure a SecretStore. This feature was added to support CI systems and other automated scenarios. SecretStore is an extension vault module, for PowerShell SecretManagement, which works over all supported PowerShell platforms on Windows, Linux, and macOS. For more context on this module and the SecretManagement module refer to the previous blog posts: For more context on these modules check out these previous blog posts: ...

Mar 11, 2021
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Updating help for the PSReadLine module in Windows PowerShell 5.1

Sean Wheeler

Describes how to workaround the error when you try to update help for PSReadline in Windows PowerShell 5.1.

Mar 5, 2021
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Announcing PSReadLine 2.2-beta.2 with Dynamic help

Jason Helmick

We are pleased to announce Dynamic Help, providing just-in-time help at the command line. Receive the help you need in the terminal without losing your place typing on the pipeline.

Mar 3, 2021
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SecretManagement and SecretStore Release Candidate 2

Sydney Smith

The SecretManagement and SecretStore release candidate 2 (RC2) modules are now available on the PowerShell Gallery. These releases contain an exciting new feature which allows users to provide non-sensitive metadata for secrets (note: this feature may not be available for all extension vaults). For more context on these modules check out these previous blog posts: Before installing this module, please uninstall the current preview versions of the module and restart your PowerShell session. To install these updates run the following commands: SecretManagement Updates In addition to b...

Mar 2, 2021
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PowerShell Team 2021 Investments

Steve Lee

Details of the work the PowerShell team has planned for PowerShell 7.2, OpenSSH, and related tooling.

Feb 25, 2021
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PowerShell for Visual Studio Code Updates – February 2021

Sydney Smith

  We are excited to announce that updates to our PowerShell extension and PowerShell Preview extension are now available on the Visual Studio Code marketplace. This blog will explain what is new in these releases as well as what you can expect from the extension in the coming months. What's new in the PowerShell Extension release This incremental release incorporates changes from four preview releases! Some highlights of the release include: For the full list of updates please refer to the changelog. Further goals of this release are well discussed on GitHub. What's new in PowerS...

Feb 18, 2021
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Announcing PowerShell Community Blog

Jason Helmick

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Jan 7, 2021
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SecretManagement and SecretStore Release Candidates

Sydney Smith

The SecretManagement and SecretStore release candidate (RC) modules are now available on the PowerShell Gallery. The SecretManagement module helps users manage secrets by providing a common set of cmdlets to interface with secrets across vaults. This module supports an extensible model where local and remote vaults can be registered and unregistered for use in accessing and retrieving secrets. SecretStore is a cross-platform local extension vault for use with SecretManagement. We designed this vault as a best attempt at creating a vault that is available where PowerShell is, usable in popular PowerShell scenario...

Dec 15, 2020
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PowerShell 7.2 Preview 2 release

Steve Lee

Important changes included in the PowerShell 7.2 Preview 2 release

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