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Using PSScriptAnalyzer to check PowerShell version compatibility

April 18, 2019 Apr 18, 2019 04/18/19
Robert Holt
PSScriptAnalyzer version 1.18 was released recently, and ships with powerful new rules that can check PowerShell scripts for incompatibilities with other PowerShell versions and environments. In this blog post, the first in a series, we'll see how to use these new rules to check a script for problems running on PowerShell 3, 5.1 and 6...

PowerShell Core Release Improvements

April 5, 2019 Apr 5, 2019 04/5/19
Travis Plunk
For PowerShell Core, we basically had to build a new engineering system to build and release it. How we build it has evolved over time as we learn and our other teams have implemented features that make some tasks easier. We are finally at a state that we believe we can engineer a system that builds PowerShell Core for release with as little human interaction as necessary.

The Next Release of PowerShell – PowerShell 7

April 5, 2019 Apr 5, 2019 04/5/19
Steve Lee
Recently, the PowerShell Team shipped the Generally Available (GA) release of PowerShell Core 6.2. Since that release, we've already begun work on the next iteration! We're calling the next release , the reasons for which will be explained in this blog post. Why 7 and not 6.3? PowerShell Core usage has grown significantly in the last ...

The PowerShell Gallery is now more Accessible

April 1, 2019 Apr 1, 2019 04/1/19
Sydney Smith
Over the past few months, the team has been working hard to make the PowerShell Gallery as accessible as possible. This blog details why it matters and what work has been done. Why making the PowerShell Gallery more accessible was a priority Accessible products change lives and allow everyone to be included in our product. Accessibility is ...

LiveFyre commenting will no longer be available on the PowerShell Gallery

March 29, 2019 Mar 29, 2019 03/29/19
Sydney Smith
Commenting on the PowerShell Gallery is provided by LiveFyre--a third-party comment system. LiveFyre is no longer supported by Adobe and therefore we are unable to service issues as they arise. We have gotten reports of authentication failing for Twitter and Microsoft AAD and unfortunately we are unable to bring back those services. As we ...

General Availability of PowerShell Core 6.2

March 28, 2019 Mar 28, 2019 03/28/19
Steve Lee
We're proud to announce that the latest version of PowerShell has been released! This is the third minor supported release of PowerShell Core, the open-source edition of PowerShell that works on Linux, macOS, and Windows! Thanks to everyone that made this release possible, including our contributors, users, and anyone who filed ...

PowerShell ScriptAnalyzer Version 1.18.0 Released

March 22, 2019 Mar 22, 2019 03/22/19
Jim Truher
 ()  is now available on the PSGallery and brings a lot of improvements in the following areas: There are some minor breaking changes such as e.g. requiring the minimum version of PowerShell Core to 6.1 as 6.0 has reached the end of its support lifecycle. With this, it was possible to ...

The PowerShell Extension is now in the Azure Data Studio Marketplace

March 18, 2019 Mar 18, 2019 03/18/19
Sydney Smith
We are excited to announce the PowerShell Extension is available in the Azure Data Studio (ADS) marketplace! Now you can write PowerShell scripts with the full benefits of PowerShell Editor Services using the excellent IDE-like interface that Azure Data Studio provides. Key Features this Brings to PowerShell Editing in Azure Data ...

Invoke-Sqlcmd is Now Available Supporting Cross-Platform

March 11, 2019 Mar 11, 2019 03/11/19
Steve Lee
The official SqlServer module now includes a version of the Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet that runs in PSCore 6.2 and above. The version of the SqlServer module which contains this cmdlet is 21.1.18095-preview and is available in the PowerShell Gallery. In order to install this preview version of the module, you must run  (or  if you already have ...