Using the OpenSSH Beta in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Windows Server 1709

Joey AielloDecember 15, 2017Dec 15, 201712/15/17

I’m thrilled to share that a Beta OpenSSH client and server daemon are available as a Feature-on-Demand in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Windows Server 1709. Since our last update blog, we’ve been working hard on a Win32 port of OpenSSH and working closely with members of the OpenSSH Portable and OpenBSD projects with the eventual goal of bringing Win32 support upstream into OpenSSH Portable.

DSC Resource Naming Guidelines

Michael GreeneDecember 8, 2017Dec 8, 201712/8/17

When DSC was announced at TechEd 2013, one of the goals was to “Create an ecosystem”.
The ecosystem for DSC has grown tremendously in the last 4 years.
At worldwide events for PowerShell (PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, PowerShell Conference EU, 

Prerelease Versioning Added to PowerShellGet and PowerShell Gallery

J. Keith BankstonDecember 5, 2017Dec 5, 201712/5/17

With the release of PowerShellGet 1.6.0, PowerShellGet cmdlets and the PowerShell Gallery have added support for prerelease strings for prerelease versions of modules and scripts. You can now publish items to the PowerShell Gallery with a version like 1.0.0-alpha, and you can download items identified as a prerelease.