{"id":11461,"date":"2016-01-20T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2016\/01\/20\/introducing-the-windows-powershell-ise-preview\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:38:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:38:23","slug":"introducing-the-windows-powershell-ise-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/introducing-the-windows-powershell-ise-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Windows PowerShell ISE Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I’m pleased to share some exciting new plans that will change how we develop the PowerShell ISE so that it keeps up with the evolving needs of our users.  Those of you who saw the teaser at the end of the announcement of PowerShell for Visual Studio Code<\/a>, this is the follow-up you’ve been patiently waiting for!<\/p>\n

Here are the details:<\/p>\n

A new preview release model for the PowerShell ISE<\/h2>\n

The biggest news is that we’ve developed a new strategy to ship a separate preview edition of the PowerShell ISE.<\/strong> This enables us to add new features and release them to all of you much faster than before.  Previously you had to wait for new Windows or WMF releases before you would get an updated ISE.  Thanks to the PowerShell Gallery<\/a>, we can now ship the Windows PowerShell ISE Preview as often as we like!<\/p>\n

How does this affect the built-in PowerShell ISE?<\/h3>\n

One useful aspect of this release model is that you can use both the built-in PowerShell ISE and the ISE Preview on the same machine at the same time.  This allows you to try out new ISE Preview features without disrupting any mission-critical work or demos that rely on the stable built-in release.  Eventually some of the new features shipped in the ISE Preview will appear in a future version of the built-in PowerShell ISE in Windows.  Our goal is to quickly iterate on new improvements in the ISE Preview with the help of early adopters so that we know we’re making the right changes before we integrate them back into the built-in ISE.<\/p>\n

Installing the ISE Preview<\/h3>\n

Installing the ISE Preview is easy!  To install it system-wide, use this command in an elevated PowerShell prompt:<\/p>\n

Install-Module -Name PowerShellISE-preview<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also use the -Scope CurrentUser<\/span> parameter if you’d like to install it only for your account.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the module is installed, you can launch the ISE Preview with the following alias:<\/p>\n

isep<\/span><\/p>\n

If you’d like to have Start Menu shortcuts created, you can use the following command:<\/p>\n

Install-ISEPreviewShortcuts<\/span><\/p>\n

These new shortcuts will launch the new ISE Preview directly out of its installed module path.<\/p>\n

NOTE: If these commands are not found, you might need to run Import-Module PowerShellISE-preview<\/span> first.<\/em>
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Current Limitations<\/h3>\n