PowerShell 7.5 RC-1 is now available for testing, making it the platform's first "go-live" version based on.NET 9. This standard support release, which is built on top of.NET 9, will be supported for 18 months. Support for ACR as a container gallery, an enhanced PSReadLine, new cmdlets ConvertTo-CliXml and ConvertFrom-CliXml, online cmdlet improvements, and tab completion enhancements are among the highlights. Additionally, bug corrections have been implemented.
Microsoft has released the Windows Package Manager 1.10.40 preview for both Windows 10 and Windows 11. This release addresses a crash issue in MSVC's C++ STL, ensuring that binaries remain stable when utilising older VCRuntime (msvcp140.dll).
Microsoft has released Windows Package Manager 1.10.40 preview, which represents the second development build for both Windows 10 and Windows 11. The update incorporates experimental features such as sixel support for icons and an enhanced progress visualization. To utilize these features, users are required to operate a terminal that is compatible with sixels, such as the most recent Windows Terminal Preview build. The handling of WinGet configuration files that utilize DSC resources requiring elevation has been improved for better efficiency. The experimental feature "Configure Self Elevation" is available for activation. The release addresses a bug that leads to a crash in MSVC's C++ STL, resulting in binaries compiled with newer tooling crashing when utilizing an older VCRuntime.
Windows Package Manager 1.9.25200 has been released and represents the second stable release for both Windows 10 and Windows 11. The update incorporates experimental features such as sixel support for icons and an enhanced progress visualization.
TypeScript 5.7 is now available for download through npm. The release candidate includes several improvements, including checking for never-initialized variables, path rewriting for relative paths, and a new compiler option called --rewriteRelativeImportExtensions. TypeScript has been able to catch issues when a variable has not yet been initialized in all prior branches, but it now reports errors when variables have never been initialized at all.
Path rewriting for relative paths is also introduced. TypeScript now supports running TypeScript code "in-place" without requiring a build step that generates output JavaScript files. However, this requires importing the appropriate TypeScript extension at runtime. To support this scenario, a new compiler option called --rewriteRelativeImportExtensions is added.
Path rewriting for relative paths is also introduced. TypeScript now supports running TypeScript code "in-place" without requiring a build step that generates output JavaScript files. However, this requires importing the appropriate TypeScript extension at runtime. To support this scenario, a new compiler option called --rewriteRelativeImportExtensions is added.
Microsoft has released Windows Package Manager 1.10.30-preview, which represents the initial development build for Windows 10 and 11, facilitating experimental features unless restricted by group policy objects.
PowerToys 0.86.0 focused on new features, stability, and enhancements. Key enhancements include Advanced Paste, which now allows you to convert images to text and paste them to files, changing left navigation to group utilities, and correcting workspace problems. Telemetry opt-in is now available in the Settings General tab, and users are encouraged to enable it to help guide development efforts.
Microsoft released AttackSurfaceAnalyzer v2.3.313. This update includes the addition of a release to NuGet and GitHub, the implementation of a release stage with signing, the initiation of the templating release pipeline, and the migration to 1ES templates.
Microsoft has released Microsoft.PowerShell.PlatyPS 1.0.0-Preview1, a new version of the PowerShell help file generating tool that makes the process easier by converting help files to Microsoft Assistance Markup Language (MAML).
The new version includes various enhancements, such as more accurate descriptions of PowerShell cmdlets, improved efficiency, an object model for the help file, and cmdlets for chaining complex processes. The primary goal is to address long-standing issues, introduce schema-driven functionality, and improve validity checks. The new version contains a C# rewrite, a new Markdown schema, new cmdlets, full YAML serialization, automatic conversion of existing Markdown to the new object model, and export to Markdown, Yaml, and MAML.
Microsoft has announced the release of the October 2024 update for the Azure SDK.
Windows Terminal Preview 1.22.2912.0 has been released, featuring minor updates such as the option to disable dynamic profiles like WSL and Azure Cloud Shell, various bug fixes, enhanced icon functionality, and the capability to select fonts.
Windows Terminal 1.21.2911.0 has been released. The update encompasses modifications to facilitate dynamic profiles such as WSL and Azure Cloud Shell, resolve icon-related issues, and permit font selection.
The second release candidate build of Windows Package Manager 1.9.25170 for Windows 10 and Windows 11 has been released. The modifications encompass an increase to 1.9, enhancements to localization pipelines, and resolutions for several issues. The package additionally offers support for extracting archives via tar.exe, enhancing SxS stability, and improving compatibility with versions that include preambles.
The Windows Package Manager 1.9.2507 release candidate for Windows 10 and 11 is now available for testing. Experimental capabilities include Sixel support, portables with binary dependencies, and Entra ID authentication. The update also provides security enhancements and in-depth help material for PowerShell cmdlets.
Daniel Rosenwasser has announced TypeScript 5.7 Beta, which introduces several new features. These include checks for never-initialized variables, path rewriting for relative paths, ECMAScript 2024 runtime support, and project ownership search in ancestor configuration files.
TypeScript now enforces rules to prevent runtime problems when importing from a.json file via the "nodenext" module. It also supports V8 compile caching in Node.js via the new API module.enableCompileCache(). Notable behavioral changes include more implicit errors on functions that return null or undefined, as well as support for V8 compile caching in Node.js. These modifications are intended to improve the user experience and eliminate the need to re-run build tasks.
Microsoft has released .NET 9 Release Candidate 2 with final improvements to performance, stability, and optimizations. Developers with a go-live license are urged to test the current release and submit feedback to help include additional features into the final release as preparations for the public availability release in November continue.
PowerToys Release v0.85.1 addresses stability issues in v0.85.0, such as erroneous project launches via shortcuts and crashes when opening the New+ templates folder from the Settings app.
PowerToys 0.85.0 has been released, including new features, stability, and enhancements. Key enhancements include the new utility New+, which allows users to create personalized templates for creating files and folders from the File Explorer context menu. The variety of languages has been improved, as has the number of supported applications. Fixing image leaks reduced peek memory usage.
Microsoft has released the September 2024 edition of the Azure SDK.
Windows Terminal Preview v1.22.2702.0 has been released, with various changes, including the reintroduction of wt x-save, the Command Prompt "quick fix" capability, and the return of the color scheme to the user's preference. Furthermore, Alt+Keypad Plus is no longer recognized unless EnableHexNumpad is set in the registry.
The tab switcher now shows the color of each tab and allows users to set the default input scope for the IME. Bug fixes include the "Clear Buffer" command, which removes the buffer, and the experimental.colorSelection actions. The settings UI now responds more accurately to system-wide text scaling options, and the color contrast of the "reset" button on the settings page has been improved. Terminal Emulation and Console Compatibility have been improved, with VT reports no longer garbled and the scroll console screen buffer operating more dependably.
