PowerShell

Overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell?view=powershell-7.2

Download: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-windows?view=powershell-7.2

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What’s new: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/whats-new/what-s-new-in-powershell-72?view=powershell-7.2

• Develop with classes in Windows PowerShell
• Just Enough Administration (JEA)
• Extract and parse structured object out of string content
• More control in Windows PowerShell Remote Debugging
• PowerShell Information Stream
• New and updated cmdlets based on community feedback
• Generate Windows PowerShell cmdlets based on an OData endpoint with ODataUtils
• Manage .ZIP archives through new cmdlets
• Interact with symbolic links using improved Item cmdlets
• DSC authoring improvements in Windows PowerShell ISE
• 32-bit support for the configuration keyword in DSC
• Audit Windows PowerShell usage by transcription and logging
• Configure DSC’s Local Configuration Manager with the meta-configuration attribute
• Configure piece by piece with partial configurations in DSC
• Manage with cross-computer dependencies in DSC
• More control over configurations in DSC
• Find more detail about configuration status in DSC
• Support for -? during DSC configuration compilation
• Support for DSC RunAsCredential
• Rich information for DSC LCM State
• Side-by-Side installation of DSC Resources and PowerShell Modules
• PSDesiredStateConfiguration Module version updated to 1.1
• Report configuration status from DSC to a central location
• Discover and install software with PackageManagement
• Discover PowerShell Modules, PowerShell Scripts and DSC resources with PowerShellGet
• Network Switch management with Windows PowerShell
• Software Inventory Logging (SIL)