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DSC Resource Kit Release October 2019

Michael Greene October 30, 2019 Oct 30, 2019 10/30/19

This release includes updates to 9 DSC resource modules. In the past 6 weeks, 91 pull requests have been merged and 41 issues have been closed, all thanks to our amazing community!

Regular cadence for PowerShell Core Community Call

Joey Aiello March 30, 2017 Mar 30, 2017 03/30/17

tl;dr: PowerShell Core Community Calls are on the third Thursday of every month at 9:30am Pacific Time (note, this is currently PDT). Use this .ics file (right-click and select Save Target/Link As in order to download the file correctly) to avoid missing one. Hi everyone! After three successful PowerShell Core Community Calls, we're ...

PowerShell on Linux and Open Source!

PowerShell Team August 18, 2016 Aug 18, 2016 08/18/16

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 ...

Windows PowerShell is now “PowerShell”: An Open Source Project with Linux support – How did we do it?

PowerShell Team August 17, 2016 Aug 17, 2016 08/17/16

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...

Understanding the PowerShell UserVoice

Zachary Alexander May 9, 2016 May 9, 2016 05/9/16

The PowerShell Team been using UserVoice to take in requests, feedback and bug reports for a few months now. It’s been really great seeing feedback come in directly from the PowerShell community. I wanted to give some details around how your feedback gets used and what happens to something after it gets posted to UserVoice. We recently ...

Community Feedback and Microsoft Connect

Joey Aiello April 16, 2015 Apr 16, 2015 04/16/15

Community feedback is an integral part of any software development cycle. That's why we continue to release new preview versions of Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0: so that we can hear about and fix real-world problems before they ship with the next version of Windows. Historically, our guidance for filing bugs and feature requests...

Chef with PowerShell DSC Now Public!

PowerShell Team July 29, 2014 Jul 29, 2014 07/29/14

Many of you have seen the demos done by our friends at Chef, which show how they planned to leverage PowerShell DSC. Those plans are now public as of the publishing of the PowerShell DSC Cookbook for Chef announced in the recent blog post by Adam Edwards. Check it out here: http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/07/24/getting-ready-for-chef-...

PowerShell Summit North America

PowerShell Team March 10, 2014 Mar 10, 2014 03/10/14

We are delighted to draw attention to this year's PowerShell Summit - an excellent community run PowerShell event. As described by PowerShell.Org: Come meet the Windows PowerShell team, PowerShell MVPs, independent experts, and your peers and colleagues in the PowerShell universe! The PowerShell Summit is a one-of-a-kind annual event, and this...

Improving the FileSystem Provider through Community feedback

PowerShell Team June 21, 2012 Jun 21, 2012 06/21/12

One of the things we love about the Windows PowerShell community is that folks are not shy. It turns out that having a vocal community is a great way to build and evangelize a product like ours. Of course, the Unix guys had this all figured out a long time ago. Positive comments are good and all, but it’s difficult to really improve ...

When Windows PowerShell Met Workflow

PowerShell Team March 16, 2012 Mar 16, 2012 03/16/12

Meet the new kid on the block! Windows PowerShell Workflow (PSWF) is the latest addition to the Windows PowerShell family. First, let’s establish the context for the decision to integrate workflows into Windows PowerShell. It starts with cloud computing and Windows-based datacenters. Cloud computing provides a set of highly available, ...

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