{"id":282,"date":"2018-01-11T19:04:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T01:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/draith.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2018-01-11T19:04:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T01:04:19","slug":"powershell-core-get-it-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/draith.azurewebsites.net\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell Core – Get it now!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

PowerShell Core 6.0 was released yesterday!<\/a> This is a huge step forward for PowerShell as it becomes an even stronger cross-platform powerhouse. In addition to the public announcement, Jeffery Snover and the PowerShell team did an AMA<\/a>!
\nHere’s a quick primer:
\nGet it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Windows PowerShell and Powershell Core are different products and no, Windows PowerShell isn’t going away! There is a caveat, though – no new features for Windows PowerShell – Core is the future!
\nWindows PowerShell is built on full .Net whereas Core is built on .Net Core. In order to work on .Net Core and consequently be cross-platform, so things are either gone or being deprecated. Things like Workflows, and WMI cmdlets are a couple that will not work with Core. <\/p>\n

Check out this OS List!:
\nWindows 7, 8.1, and 10
\nWindows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016
\nWindows Server Semi-Annual Channel
\nUbuntu 14.04, 16.04, and 17.04
\nDebian 8.7+, and 9
\nCentOS 7
\nRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
\nOpenSUSE 42.2
\nFedora 25, 26
\nmacOS 10.12+
\nArch Linux*
\nKali Linux*
\nAppImage*
\nWindows on ARM32\/ARM64**
\nRaspbian (Stretch)**
\n* = Community Support Only;** = Experimental<\/p>\n

What does this new PowerShell look like? I grabbed the MSI (will do posts on Linux and MacOS later!) and took the defaults:
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Super easy. Now you can launch a console window from the start menu, but if you browse to your install directory from a command line you get your first surprise!
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That’s right! No powershell.exe! PowerShell.exe has been renamed to pwsh.exe. Start it, and check out your version – $PSVersionTable:
\nName Value
\n—- —–
\nPSVersion 6.0.0
\nPSEdition Core
\nGitCommitId v6.0.0
\nOS Microsoft Windows 10.0.16299
\nPlatform Win32NT
\nPSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
\nSerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
\nWSManStackVersion 3.0<\/p>\n

If you have read my blog before, you know I like my customized prompt and profile<\/a>. Core has a profile just like Windows PowerShell – located here on a typical Windows machine: \\Documents\\PowerShell\\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 <\/strong> Time to make Core feel like home again:
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Yep – that’s better. There is a ton of fun stuff to do now – cross platform remote scripting is going to be a focus on some upcoming posts. Stay tuned! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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