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Why you should consider an upgrade from PowerShell 5.1 to 7

As enterprises use more cloud services and Linux severs, a standard management tool for Windows has evolved to expand its capabilities to manage those workloads. Windows Server and its desktop ...

PowerShell 5.1 output character encoding varies by command: Only WriteAllText produces UTF-8 without BOM, and Japanese in .ps1 files without BOM causes the n…

PowerShell 5.1, which is included in Windows, uses different character encodings depending on the command used to write files ...
Redmond

Microsoft To Unify PowerShell with Coming PowerShell 7

Microsoft on Friday announced plans to replace Windows PowerShell with its newest Core product, which will be called "PowerShell 7." PowerShell 7 could appear as early as May as a preview release, but ...
Redmond

Windows Management Framework 5.1 Now Available

Microsoft announced the commercial release of Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1 this week, which delivers the latest PowerShell 5.0 improvements. WMF 5.1 contains the PowerShell 5.0 components ...
MCPmag

Next PowerShell Core Version Will Just Be Called 'PowerShell 7'

Windows PowerShell will soon be replaced by a new Core product called "PowerShell 7," Microsoft announced last week. The company is aligning PowerShell 7 releases with .NET Core releases, so it ...
MCPmag

Microsoft Releases PowerShell Core 6.0

Microsoft last week announced the general availability of PowerShell Core 6.0, which is notable for being a cross-platform DevOps tool for Windows, Linux and macOS. This version of PowerShell is ...