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Introducing Sudo for Windows!

February 7, 2024 Feb 7, 2024 02/7/24
Jordi Adoumie
Introducing Sudo for Windows We're excited to announce the release of Sudo for Windows in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052! Sudo for Windows is a new way for users to run elevated commands directly from an unelevated console session. It is an ergonomic and familiar solution for users who want to elevate a command without having to first...

Windows Wednesday

December 17, 2021 Dec 17, 2021 12/17/21
Kayla Cinnamon
Hey everyone! We have an exciting new web show planned to launch next year called Windows Wednesday that we'd love to tell you more about. 🙂 (image) What is Windows Wednesday? Windows Wednesday is a weekly 30-minute live web show where we'll talk about anything related to Windows. We'll invite subject matter experts to talk about their ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.6 Release

January 28, 2021 Jan 28, 2021 01/28/21
Kayla Cinnamon
Welcome to our first Windows Terminal release of 2021! This release brings new features to Windows Terminal Preview version 1.6 as well as moves Windows Terminal to version 1.5, which includes the features from this previous blog post. You can download both versions from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Below are some of ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.5 Release

November 11, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 11/11/20
Kayla Cinnamon
We're back with another Windows Terminal release! Windows Terminal has moved to version 1.4 and includes the features described in the 1.4 release blog post. Windows Terminal Preview has moved to version 1.5 and includes the features described below. You can download both versions from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let'...

Windows Terminal Tips and Tricks

October 15, 2020 Oct 15, 2020 10/15/20
Kayla Cinnamon
Windows Terminal comes with a lot of features that allow you to customize it and interact with it in a way that feels most comfortable to you. Let's run through some tips and tricks that could help you set up your terminal in a way that's perfect for you. At the time of this blog post, Windows Terminal is on version 1.3 and Windows Terminal ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.3 Release

August 26, 2020 Aug 26, 2020 08/26/20
Kayla Cinnamon
We are back with another release for Windows Terminal and Windows Terminal Preview! This release adds all of the 1.2 features into Windows Terminal and introduces new features described below for Windows Terminal Preview 1.3. Both builds of Windows Terminal can be installed from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Let's check...

Windows Terminal 1.0

May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20
Kayla Cinnamon
Last year at Build 2019, we first announced the Windows Terminal. Since then, we have been working with the community to create a wonderful terminal experience while still being a preview product. Here we are at Build 2020 and we are so excited to share with you our latest announcements! Build 2020 Windows Terminal 1.0 We are incredibly ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1909

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Welcome back to another release of the Windows Terminal! We have switched to the Windows version syntax, so this is the September 2019 release (1909). As always, you can download the latest release of the Terminal from the Microsoft Store or from the GitHub releases page. Cascadia Code Cascadia Code is finally here! Cascadia Code is the new ...

AF_UNIX comes to Windows

December 19, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 12/19/17
sarah_cooley[msft]
Introduction:  Beginning in Insider Build 17063, you’ll be able to use the unix socket (AF_UNIX) address family on Windows to communicate between Win32 processes. Unix sockets allow inter-process communication (IPC) between processes on the same machine.  Overview:  Support for the unix socket has existed both in BSD and Linux for the ...