Out-GridView Returns! It’s been almost 3 years since PowerShell Core debuted for Linux and Mac, and as we’ve increased our cmdlet coverage more and more, one cmdlet has always stood out as a top, cross-platform request. Today, we are excited to announce that Out-GridView is debuting on all Core-supported platforms through the GraphicalTools Module.
Last month we announced that PowerShell 7 will be the next release of PowerShell. Here I will provide more details of areas we’ll be investing in for the PowerShell 7 release. When will I get it?! Today, we’re releasing our first preview of PowerShell 7.
Microsoft is extending the number of Group Policy settings in Windows 10 1903. This time they will not be used to configure new features but rather the existing ones. For example, one of the policies can force the installation of updates. And for the first time, you can manage Storage Sense centrally.
VS Code remote support for WSL, Containers, and SSH
Today we're excited to announce the preview of three new extensions for Visual Studio Code that enable seamless development in Containers, remotely on physical or virtual machines, and with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). You can get started right away by installing the Remote Development Extension Pack.
Magento released new versions of its content management software to patch a total of 37 newly-discovered security vulnerabilities, including a critical SQL injection flaw.
Though most of the reported issues could only be exploited by authenticated users, one of the most severe flaws in Magento is an SQL Injection vulnerability which can be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers.
FireEye releases Commando VM, a fully customized Windows-based operating system for ethical hacking and penetration testing
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 Install-Module (or Update-Module if you already have it installed) with the -AllowPrerelease. (Without that parameter you will receive the previous version of the module.)
If you have never used concurrent remote desktop to support your Windows clients, this post is about to make your day! Concurrent remote desktop can allow you, as an admin, to interactively use a client OS while the main user is still actively logged in.
Netikus.net System32 is a well-organized online database that allows you to search Windows Event Logs, error codes, code snippets, and geo IPs.
If you run Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere, you do so to have more flexibility, high availability, and a gain in performance. But if you do it wrong, you might end up with the exact opposite: bad performance and frustration. In this post, we'll have a look at some basic configuration, then at the ESXi and hardware (BIOS) level, and eventually at the VM level.
The Windows Compatibility module (WindowsCompatibility) is a PowerShell module that lets PowerShell Core 6 scripts access Windows PowerShell modules that are not yet natively available on PowerShell Core. (Note: the list of unavailable commands is getting smaller with each new release of PowerShell Core. This module is just for things aren’t natively supported yet.)
Windows 10 has included Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) as optional features since the Insider Preview Build 17682. Therefore, you no longer need to download and install these tools manually on the admin workstation after an OS upgrade. Instead, you can add them via the Settings app or by using PowerShell.
PowerShell type accelerators are aliases for .NET classes or types, which makes using classes in PowerShell scripts much easier. The intention behind type accelerators is to use shorter names for .NET classes and types and save some unnecessary typing. For example, when you use the type accelerator to define an integer value, there's actually no data type called int. Instead, it's just an alias for the class.
