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PowerShell on Linux and Open Source!
Since its inception in 2002 PowerShell has been deeply influenced and improved by the passion and needs of our community. As an example, 80 contributors filed bugs and issues on the “alpha” release. Since that time we, together, have built a strong PowerShell community that supports each other, provides Summits and Conferences and gives great feedback to the product team at Microsoft. Satya’s new leadership and customer-focused mindset has encouraged and empowered us to do even more with our community. Last year we started a number of successful community initiatives, such as the PowerShell Home Page, the PowerS...
Windows PowerShell is now “PowerShell”: An Open Source Project with Linux support – How did we do it?
Hello everyone, My name is Angel Calvo, I am Microsoft’s Group Software Engineering Manager for PowerShell and Desired State Configuration (DSC). I'd like to take this opportunity to proudly represent the engineering team behind this project, and share a few thoughts about yesterday’s historic announcement for PowerShell and our Community I am so excited about the availability of PowerShell on Linux and as an open source project! https://GitHub.com/PowerShell/PowerShell -- I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the 10th year anniversary of PowerShell than by enabling everyone on the planet to help innovate...
DSC Resource Kit August Release
The DSC Resource Kit has been released! This release includes 14 updated DSC resource modules and 10 new DSC resources. Since the last release on June 29, there have been 126 merged pull requests and 41 closed issues. 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. This release includes our second high quality resource module, WebAdministrationDsc. This is a partial, high quality version of xWebAdministration. It currently includes three high quality reso...
DSC Resource Kit Community Call August 3
We will be hosting a community call for the DSC Resource Kit 1-2PM on Wednesday, August 3 (PDT). Call in to ask questions or give feedback about the DSC Resource Kit! How to Join Skype for Business Join Skype Meeting This is an online meeting for Skype for Business, the professional meetings and communications app formerly known as Lync. Phone +14257063500 (USA - Redmond Campus) English (United States) +18883203585 (USA - Redmond Campus) English (United States) Find a local number Conference ID: 88745041 Forgot your dial-in PIN? | Help Agenda The community call agenda is posted on GitHub here.
Announcing Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1 Preview
Update 08/08/2016: Removed the note on container support. That is not part of WMF, as it installs on older versions of Server. Today we are pleased to announce that the Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1 Preview release is now available on the Download Center. WMF provides users with the ability to update previous releases of Windows Server and Windows Client to the management platform elements released in the most current version of Windows. This enables a consistent management platform to be used across the organization, and eases adoption of the latest Windows release. WMF 5.1 Preview includes the Power...
DSC Resource Kit June Release
The June release of the DSC Resouce Kit is out! This release includes 12 updated DSC resource modules and 20 new DSC resources. Since the last release on May 18, there have been 106 merged pull requests and 42 closed issues. The modules updated in this release are: We also have our first ever community call for the DSC Resource Kit tomorrow 1-3PM PT! Join us to ask questions and give feedback about your experience with the DSC Resource Kit. You can read more about the call in the blog post here. For a detailed list of what resources and fixes ha...
DSC Resource Kit Community Call
We will be hosting a community call for the DSC Resource Kit 1-3PM on Thursday, June 30 (Pacific Time). Call in to ask questions or give feedback about the DSC Resource Kit! For this call, we will be focusing on the DSC Resource Kit overall as well as the new plans for experimental High Quality Resource Modules (HQRMs). Comments, questions, and feedback about the call can be submitted on GitHub in the PowerShell/DSCResources repository under issue #146. How to Join You can access the call through Skype or by phone: Join online meeting Join by Phone +14257063500 (USA - Redmond Campus) English (United States)...
Azure DSC Extension versions 2.4 up to 2.13 will retire in August
NOTE: For information on OS support, and other features, please refer to our release history. In August, we will remove Azure DSC Extension versions 2.4 up to 2.13. These versions use WMF 5.0 PP whose signing certificates will expire in August. These versions will continue to run on existing VMs, but you will no longer be able to install them on new VMs. Now would be a good time to start thinking about upgrading to one of the latest versions which installs WMF 5.0 RTM. If you are using Azure Powershell SDK cmdlets, you can use the -Version parameter. If you are using ARM template, update the '...
End of Support for Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 Production Preview is Approaching, Upgrade to RTM bits!
On 1st June 2016, support for the WMF 5.0 Production Preview, released back in August 2015, will end and it’s time to upgrade to the WMF 5.0 RTM. We would like to give a huge THANK YOU to all of you who used the WMF 5.0 Production Preview and provided us with feedback. Your input and feedback helped contribute to make WMF 5.0 RTM even better. The end of support for the Production Preview means that starting 6/1, Thank you, Windows PowerShell Team