Security News > 2024 > February > Microsoft unveils new 'Sudo for Windows' feature in Windows 11

Microsoft introduced 'Sudo for Windows' today, a new Windows 11 feature allowing users to execute commands with elevated privileges from unelevated terminals.

"Sudo for Windows is a new way for users to run elevated commands directly from an unelevated console session," said Windows Product Manager Jordi Adoumie.

The new Sudo tool is rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels running Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052.

"This project is not a fork of the Linux sudo project, nor is it a port of the Linux sudo project. Instead, Sudo for Windows is a Windows-specific implementation of the sudo concept," Microsoft explains.

Since Linux sudo and Sudo for Windows are different beasts, scripts written for Linux sudo may not work with Sudo for Windows without some modification.

Sudo for Windows was accidentally revealed by Microsoft two weeks ago, together with some other in-development features, and was first spotted by Albacore while looking into changes added to updated language packs included with a leaked Windows Server 2025 Insider preview build.

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