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DSC Resource Kit Release January 2017
We just released the DSC Resource Kit! This release includes updates to 8 DSC resource modules, including 11 new DSC resources. In these past 6 weeks, 71 pull requests have been merged and 37 issues have been closed, all thanks to our amazing community! The modules updated in this release are: For a detailed list of the resource modules and fixes in this release, see the Included in this Release section below. [UPDATE 01/26/17 2:40PM PST] - xHyper-V has now been released with a new resource. [UPDATE 02/03/17 2:20PM PST] - PSDscResources has now also been releas...
Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1 Released
Update March 28, 2017: WMF 5.1 in Microsoft Update Catalog Update January 27, 2017: .Net version info updated. We are pleased to announce that we are releasing the Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1 via the Microsoft download center. Update 3/28/2017: WMF 5.1 is also available for most supported Windows versions in the Microsoft Update Catalog, see this blog for additional details. WMF 5.1 upgrades Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 to the PowerShell, WMI, WinRM and SIL components that were released with Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 An...
PowerShell Core Community Call #2 – Jan 26, 2016
tl;dr: Our next PowerShell Community Call is January 26th, 2017 @ 9am PST. Hit the bottom of this page for an .ics and a link to the Skype meeting. Hi everyone! I'm proud to announce the 2nd PowerShell Core Community Call. As with the first call, this is a chance for the PowerShell Committee to have a direct conversation with you, PowerShell users who give us feedback to make PowerShell 6.0 great. It's also an opportunity for you to gain some insight into how we think about design problems, as well as to learn new features and additions to PowerShell at the earliest stages of their development. In our last co...
Code Coverage now available for PowerShell Core!
This is the first of a series of posts on PowerShell Core and the tools we use to test it. If you’ve looked at the main project for PowerShell (https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell, you may have noticed a new badge down in the Build status of nightly builds: We are supplying code coverage numbers for our test pass via the OpenCover project (https://github.com/OpenCover/opencover) and we visualize our code coverage percentage via coveralls.io (https://coveralls.io/github/PowerShell/PowerShell?branch=master). This means you can see some details about our testing and how much of PowerShell is covered by our t...
DSC Resource Kit Release December 2016
We just released the DSC Resource Kit!Since our last release on November 2, we have added 1 new module, AuditPolicyDsc, which allows you to edit your audit policy subcategories and options. Thank you to Adam Haynes for this great new module! Outside of the DSC Resource Kit, we also recently published an update to GPRegistryPolicy in the PowerShell Gallery. The latest version now includes a DSC resource to help you locally manage policy registry keys. We have also added two new maintainers to the DSC Resource Kit: These guys have shown outstanding dedication to their modules and continue to ...
Azure DSC extension for Nano Server
NOTE: For information on OS support, and other features, please refer to our release history. We are proud to announce that the Azure DSC extension now works on Nano Server! You will need to use extension version 2.21 or above, but the functionality and cmdlets remain the same. The extension will take care of adding the DSC package to Nano Server. Nano’s smaller footprint should speed up your end-to-end deployment time. Look at our existing documentation to get started. You can also use use Azure Tools for Visual Studio to help your deployments along!
WMF 5.1 Releasing January 2017
Update January 19, 2017: WMF 5.1 has been released via the download center. There is more information on the release in this blog. We previously announced that the Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1 would release shortly after the GA release of Windows Server 2016, however the PowerShell team found some issues with upgrades that could affect a small set of our customers. We are resolving these issues now, and target early January for the release of WMF 5.1 to the public. We understand there is pent-up demand for this release. WMF 5.1 provides important enhancements over WMF 5.0, and removes WMF5.0...
Join our first PowerShell Core Community Call – Dec 8, 2016
tl;dr: We're having a PowerShell Core Community Call with the PowerShell Committee and you should join us! Hit the bottom of this page for an .ics and a link to the Skype meeting. The PowerShell Team loves feedback. Whether it's fielding your Windows PowerShell suggestions and bugs through our Windows Server UserVoice, answering your quick questions via the @PowerShell_Team account on Twitter, fixing your PowerShell Core 6.0 issues on GitHub, or even discussing entirely new designs--yours and our own--on the PowerShell-RFC repository, our peer-to-peer engagement with YOU has never been stronger. As part of st...
Tips and Tricks from PowerShell Core Validation
It has been a privilege for the CAT team to work with customers and the PowerShell team to validate early builds and experiences with PowerShell Core. Some of the customers involved were key influences on the whitepaper, The Release Pipeline Model Applied to Windows Server and Microsoft Cloud. As a result, validation has included many experiences from outside the traditional Microsoft tool chain, such as Vagrant and Jenkins. For this blog post, I wanted to share some of the learnings that I gained during the validation experience. This is not meant to be a complete picture of PowerShell Core. Rather, a glimpse...