Desired State Configuration is Microsoft push-pull PowerShell technology to keep system configurations in check. PowerShell 5.0 is somewhat backward compatible.

Microsoft is planning to deliver its Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version by the end of this month, which also will bring PowerShell 5.0 with it.

Version 6.1 of PowerShell Core, Microsoft's scripting tool that's used for DevOps purposes, is now available, the company announced last week.

The move is a radical departure for a company that once fought to maintain a Windows-centric business model and impose that hegemony as widely as it could. But customers are demanding a more open ...

During these lessons, the lecturer uses PowerShell version 5.0, the latest version available when these videos were created in 2016.

Microsoft has said that when PowerShell 5.0 arrives later this month, new security improvements will be coming with it.