Security News > 2020 > March > Microsoft releases PowerShell 7 for Windows, macOS and Linux
Microsoft has released PowerShell 7, the latest major update to its popular task automation tool and configuration management framework that can be used on various operating systems.
PowerShell was initially a Windows component, but was open-sourced in 2016 and made available for Windows, macOS and various Linux distributions.
A compatibility layer that enables users to import modules in an implicit Windows PowerShell session.
The ability to invoke to invoke DSC resources directly from PowerShell 7.
"The shift from PowerShell Core 6.x to 7.0 also marks our move from.NET Core 2.x to 3.1.NET Core 3.1 brings back a host of.NET Framework APIs, enabling significantly more backwards compatibility with existing Windows PowerShell modules," noted Joey Aiello, Program Manager at Microsoft for PowerShell Core.
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