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PowerShell MSI package deprecation and preview updates
This post announces the deprecation of MSI packaging beginning with PowerShell 7.7.
PowerShell 7.6 release postmortem and investments
This post shares context on the delayed timing of the PowerShell 7.6 release, our learnings, and the changes the team has already begun making to improve release predictability and transparency.
Announcing PowerShell 7.6 (LTS) GA Release
We're excited to announce the General Availability of PowerShell 7.6, the next Long Term Support (LTS) release of PowerShell. PowerShell 7.6 is built on .NET 10 (LTS), continuing the alignment between PowerShell and the modern .NET platform. PowerShell 7.6 includes reliability improvements across the engine, modules, and interactive shell experience. Preview releases focused on improving consistency, fixing long-standing issues, and refining behavior across platforms. Notable areas of improvement include: As an LTS release, PowerShell 7.6 becomes the recommended version for ...
PowerShell, OpenSSH, and DSC team investments for 2026
Planned team investments for 2026 for PowerShell, OpenSSH, DSC, and related tooling.
Introducing MCP Support in AI Shell Preview 6
We're excited to share the latest preview release of AI Shell that includes new features and improvements based on your feedback.
Announcing Microsoft.PowerShell.PlatyPS 1.0.0
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Microsoft.PowerShell.PlatyPS 1.0.0, a tool to build PowerShell help files.
Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.1.0
This post announces the release of Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.1.0. We discuss the features and benefits of DSC and how it differs from PowerShell DSC.
AI Shell Preview 4 Release!
We're excited to share the latest preview release of AI Shell that includes new features and improvements based on your feedback.
PowerShell, OpenSSH, and DSC team investments for 2025
Planned team investments for 2025 for PowerShell, OpenSSH, DSC, and related tooling.
Authoring Enhancements in Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0
This is the third post in a multi-part series about the new release of DSC. Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.0.0 provides powerful feature that enhance the authoring experience. DSC command completer The completer command returns a shell script that, when executed, registers completions for the given shell. DSC can generate completion scripts for the following shells: To learn more, see the command reference documentation. Enhanced Authoring with Schemas Working with DSC platform involves writing configuration documents and resource manifests. D...
Get started with Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0
This post show you how to install DSC v3.0.0 and get started using the **dsc** command.
Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0
This post announces the release of Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0. We discuss the features and benefits of DSC and how it differs from PowerShell DSC.
Announcing AI Shell Preview 2
We are pleased to share a new preview release of AI Shell!
Microsoft Update changes for PowerShell 7
This blog outlines the expected behavior of MU releases for PowerShell 7.
PowerShell 7.5 GA is now available
We're pleased to announce the release of PowerShell 7.5.0! For this release the focus has been on quality, security and stability of the platform. We greatly appreciate the enormous amount of community contributions in this release along with new cmdlets, experimental features and other quality of life additions. PowerShell 7.5 is built on top of .NET 9 and will be supported for 18 months as a standard support release. Please note that support for PowerShell 7.2 is ended November 8, 2024. PowerShell 7.4 is the current LTS release of PowerShell and is supported until November 2026. How do I get it? PowerShell...
Announcing the Public Preview of AI Shell
We are pleased to announce the public preview of AI Shell.
PowerShell 7.5 RC-1 is now available
Availability of PowerShell 7.5 RC1
Announcing Microsoft.PowerShell.PlatyPS 1.0.0-Preview1
We are pleased to announce the release of Microsoft.PowerShell.PlatyPS 1.0.0-Preview1, a tool to build PowerShell help files.