Another RunAs Radio Episode
Talking About New Features in PowerShell
I recently had the opportunity to join Run As Radio once again to discuss the latest innovations in PowerShell and where the platform continues to evolve for IT professionals, administrators, and automation engineers. As someone who spends a significant amount of time helping customers modernize operations through automation, PowerShell remains one of the most important tools in the Microsoft ecosystem. From cloud administration to hybrid environments and large-scale automation, PowerShell continues to be the common language that ties everything together.
One topic that continues to generate interest is the transition from Windows PowerShell 5.1 to PowerShell 7. PowerShell 7 delivers major advantages including cross-platform support, improved performance, and ongoing feature development. Many organizations still maintain legacy workloads on Windows PowerShell, but PowerShell 7 has reached feature parity for most common administration tasks while introducing new capabilities that improve quality, security, and automation flexibility.
It has also been recently announced that PowerShell will ship in box in the next Windows Server update. Which is to be Windows Server 2025 H2 release. This is exciting news as I have run into customers that are not allowed to install additional software on servers that are not shipped in box, mainly updating Windows PowerShell.
One item I am embarrassed about is that I was talking about one of the coolest hidden features of using Visual Studio Code, is the Alt + up or down arrow key combinations allow you to move code up or down. Or selected lines of code in the editor. No more: selecting the code, cutting the code, moving the cursor where you need it, and then pasting the code. In a simple keystroke, you can move lines of code anywhere you want in your file. I want this feature on every application on my computer. Unfortunately, I said CTRL + up/down arrow. Sigh…not sure why I did. I tried to get it fixed in post-production, but they said they’d just put a note in. So I am doing that here also. Oh well, next time I will get it correct.
Until next time. Thanks for listening to Run as Radio