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Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Syncfusion

Blazor now supports open-source contributions from Syncfusion, enhancing the component toolkit and framework.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Microsoft and Syncfusion are collaborating on Blazor through a free, open-source component toolkit, framework contributions, and developer tooling. The post Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Syncfusion appeared first on .NET Blog.

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Announcements
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.NET Blog, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET 11, open source, Syncfusion, Syncfusion Toolkit for Blazor
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Preparing for Your Next Certification Could Start with Your Visual Studio Subscription

Microsoft encourages IT administrators to consider their Visual Studio subscription for preparing for Microsoft certifications.

Developer Tools · Visual Studio Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Are you thinking about earning a Microsoft certification to help advance your career, build on your existing skills, or meet new requirements at work? If so, you may already be wondering where to start. Which courses, labs, and hands-on exercises will help you prepare? How much time will it take to find the right resources, […] The post Preparing for Your Next Certification Could Start with Your Visual Studio Subscription appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

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Announcements
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Visual Studio Blog, Visual Studio
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Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Infragistics

Microsoft and Infragistics are collaborating to add open-source components and new .NET 11 analyzers to Blazor.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Microsoft and Infragistics are collaborating on Blazor through free, open-source components, new .NET 11 analyzers, and developer tooling. The post Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Infragistics appeared first on .NET Blog.

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Announcements
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.NET Blog, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET 11, Blazor analyzers, Ignite UI, Infragistics, open source
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Keep your investigation between sessions

Admins can now start a standalone Markdown note and use the Hot Exit preview to continue work in the next session.

Developer Tools · Visual Studio Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Start a standalone Markdown note and use the opt-in Hot Exit preview to resume unsaved work next session. The post Keep your investigation between sessions appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

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Announcements
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Visual Studio Blog, Visual Studio
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Review Recommended

.NET October 2026 Out-of-Band Security Updates

Security updates for .NET address two vulnerabilities: Brotli decoder and tarball ownership.

What you should do

Review and apply the security updates to your .NET applications to protect against the vulnerabilities. AI-suggested

Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Out-of-band security updates for .NET address the Brotli decoder vulnerability and tarball ownership vulnerability. The post .NET October 2026 Out-of-Band Security Updates appeared first on .NET Blog.

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Announcements
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.NET Blog, .NET, Maintenance & Updates, Security, .NET 10, .NET 11, .NET 8, .NET 9, CVE-2026-111497
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Power Pages: SDK (Software Development Kit)

Power Pages now supports building native mobile applications and kiosks, with GA in March 2027 and a preview available in January 2027.

Developer Tools · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Build native mobile applications or kioks using Power Pages as the backend foundation with support for authentication, authorization, APIs, data access, and reusable mobile capabilities. GA date: March CY2027 Preview date: January CY2027

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M365 Roadmap
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In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Power Pages, Web
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Are You Getting Everything You Can from Your Visual Studio Subscription?

Visual Studio subscribers can access additional benefits like Azure services, learning resources, and pre-built components.

Developer Tools · Visual Studio Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

What if you could experiment with a new Azure service without requesting additional budget, prepare for your next technical certification using learning resources you already have, or build a dashboard without creating every UI component from scratch? If you’re a Visual Studio subscriber, you may already have benefits that can help you do all three. Here’s […] The post Are You Getting Everything You Can from Your Visual Studio Subscription? appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

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Announcements
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Visual Studio Blog, Visual Studio
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Compare today’s code with an earlier commit

A new feature allows comparing today’s code with an earlier commit without checking out the commit or leaving your branch.

Developer Tools · Visual Studio Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Compare a historical commit with your working tree without checking out the commit or leaving your branch. The post Compare today’s code with an earlier commit appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

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Announcements
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Visual Studio Blog, Visual Studio
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Informational

Microsoft Purview: Purview SDK embedded in Agent Framework SDK

The Purview SDK is now embedded in the Agent Framework SDK, allowing developers to easily integrate security and compliance features into AI agents.

Developer Tools · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Purview SDK embedded in Agent Framework SDK enables developers to seamlessly integrate enterprise-grade security, compliance, and governance into the AI agents they build. This integration enables automatic classification and protection of sensitive data, prevents data leaks and oversharing, and provides visibility and control for regulatory compliance—empowering organizations to confidently and securely adopt AI agents in complex environments. GA date: March CY2027 Preview date: November CY2025

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M365 Roadmap
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In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Purview, Web
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Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
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Get Your .NET MAUI App Ready for Xcode 27

Administrators need to prepare their .NET MAUI apps for Xcode 27, which includes using an agent skill and following scene lifecycle changes and manual migration steps.

What you should do

Review the migration steps and use the agent skill to prepare .NET MAUI apps for Xcode 27. AI-suggested

Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Use an agent skill to prepare your existing .NET MAUI app for Xcode 27, with the scene lifecycle changes and manual migration steps explained. The post Get Your .NET MAUI App Ready for Xcode 27 appeared first on .NET Blog.

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Announcements
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.NET Blog, .NET, .NET for iOS, .NET MAUI, Lifecycle, .net maui, .NET MAUI CLI, agent skills, ios
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Organize and revisit tabs with the keyboard

New keyboard shortcuts allow reordering and revisiting document tabs in Visual Studio.

Developer Tools · Visual Studio Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Reorder your document tabs and return to them by visual position with new keyboard shortcuts. The post Organize and revisit tabs with the keyboard appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

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Announcements
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Visual Studio Blog, Visual Studio
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Microsoft Dataverse: Build your low code hyperscale backend on Dataverse - Build your agentic flows with Dataverse SDK for Python

Microsoft has released the Dataverse SDK for Python, enabling data scientists and developers to build agentic flows and interact with Dataverse data using Python.

Developer Tools · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

The Microsoft Dataverse SDK for Python empowers data scientists and developers to build intelligent, compliant, and scalable agentic flows that integrate seamlessly with Dataverse. In the agentic age, where autonomous agents orchestrate workflows and act on behalf of users, the SDK provides the essential tools to interact programmatically with enterprise data platforms. The SDK supports structured data access, composable APIs, and governance features that are critical for building trustworthy and efficient agents. Key capabilities can include: Autonomous data agents that can query, update, and…

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M365 Roadmap
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Dataverse, Web
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Introducing dotnetup: A toolchain manager for .NET

Learn how the new dotnetup tool helps macOS and Linux developers install, manage, and update user-local .NET SDKs and runtimes. The post Introducing dotnetup: A toolchain manager for .NET appeared first on .NET Blog.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Learn how the new dotnetup tool helps macOS and Linux developers install, manage, and update user-local .NET SDKs and runtimes. The post Introducing dotnetup: A toolchain manager for .NET appeared first on .NET Blog.

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Announcements
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.NET Blog, .NET, Linux, Maintenance & Updates, daily builds, Developer Tools, dotnet cli, dotnetup, runtimes
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Stop waiting on a failed build

Stop solution builds after the first project failure so you can return to fixing the error sooner. The post Stop waiting on a failed build appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Developer Tools · Visual Studio Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Stop solution builds after the first project failure so you can return to fixing the error sooner. The post Stop waiting on a failed build appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

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Announcements
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Visual Studio Blog, Visual Studio
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New Tools, New Workflows and the Value of the Visual Studio Subscription: What We Learned at VSLive! San Diego

What happens when developers who have spent decades working with Visual Studio start rethinking how they write code, learn new skills, and expand their access to development tools? At VSLive! San Diego, we had an opportunity to find out as

Developer Tools · Visual Studio Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

What happens when developers who have spent decades working with Visual Studio start rethinking how they write code, learn new skills, and expand their access to development tools? At VSLive! San Diego, we had an opportunity to find out as developers gathered for five days of technical sessions, hands-on learning, and conversations about Visual Studio, […] The post New Tools, New Workflows and the Value of the Visual Studio Subscription: What We Learned at VSLive! San Diego appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

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Announcements
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Visual Studio Blog, Visual Studio
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Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2

.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms. The post Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 appeared first on .NET Blog.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms. The post Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 appeared first on .NET Blog.

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Announcements
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.NET Blog, .NET, .NET MAUI, ASP.NET Core, F#, NuGet, WinForms, .NET 11, Featured
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.NET and .NET Framework October 2026 servicing releases updates

A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for October 2026. The post .NET and .NET Framework October 2026 servicing releases updates appeared first on .NET Blog.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for October 2026. The post .NET and .NET Framework October 2026 servicing releases updates appeared first on .NET Blog.

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Announcements
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.NET Blog, .NET, .NET Framework, Maintenance & Updates, .net framework
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A faster, lighter C# Dev Kit

C# Dev Kit has been rebuilt to open solutions in about a second and run on a fraction of the memory, and this post walks through what changed for you. The post A faster, lighter C# Dev Kit appeared first on .NET Blog.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

C# Dev Kit has been rebuilt to open solutions in about a second and run on a fraction of the memory, and this post walks through what changed for you. The post A faster, lighter C# Dev Kit appeared first on .NET Blog.

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Announcements
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.NET Blog, .NET, Performance, Visual Studio Code, C# Dev Kit, msbuild, native aot, performance
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Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.3.0

This post announces the General Availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.3.0, with new Windows resources, a registry adapter, server mode improvements, expression function updates, expanded what-if support, and experim

Developer Tools · PowerShell Team Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

This post announces the General Availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.3.0, with new Windows resources, a registry adapter, server mode improvements, expression function updates, expanded what-if support, and experimental export filtering. The post Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.3.0 appeared first on PowerShell Team.

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Announcements
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PowerShell Team, PowerShell, PowerShell DSC
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PowerShell is now notarized and hardened for macOS

PowerShell for macOS is now properly notarized and hardened, meeting both Apple and Microsoft security requirements. The post PowerShell is now notarized and hardened for macOS appeared first on PowerShell Team.

Developer Tools · PowerShell Team Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

PowerShell for macOS is now properly notarized and hardened, meeting both Apple and Microsoft security requirements. The post PowerShell is now notarized and hardened for macOS appeared first on PowerShell Team.

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Announcements
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PowerShell Team, PowerShell, PowerShell macOS
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PowerShell PSResource Roadmap and Best Practices

PowerShell is a critical automation and configuration platform across enterprises—and as that automation grows, how you source, validate, and distribute PowerShell packages becomes just as important as the scripts themselves. Modern securit

Developer Tools · PowerShell Team Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

PowerShell is a critical automation and configuration platform across enterprises—and as that automation grows, how you source, validate, and distribute PowerShell packages becomes just as important as the scripts themselves. Modern security guidance increasingly treats package feeds as part of the software supply chain. For PowerShell, that means being deliberate about which repositories you trust, […] The post PowerShell PSResource Roadmap and Best Practices appeared first on PowerShell Team.

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Announcements
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PowerShell Team, PowerShell
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Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.2.0

This post announces the General Availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.2.0, with new Windows resources, Bicep gRPC integration, WhatIf support, expression language improvements, and adapter enhancements. The post Ann

Developer Tools · PowerShell Team Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

This post announces the General Availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.2.0, with new Windows resources, Bicep gRPC integration, WhatIf support, expression language improvements, and adapter enhancements. The post Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.2.0 appeared first on PowerShell Team.

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Announcements
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PowerShell Team, PowerShell, PowerShell DSC
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PowerShell MSI package deprecation and preview updates

Starting with PowerShell 7.7, the MSI packaging for PowerShell will be deprecated.

Developer Tools · PowerShell Team Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

This post announces the deprecation of MSI packaging beginning with PowerShell 7.7. The post PowerShell MSI package deprecation and preview updates appeared first on PowerShell Team.

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Announcements
Tags
PowerShell Team, PowerShell, PowerShell Release
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
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PowerShell 7.6 release postmortem and investments

This post shares context on the delayed timing of the PowerShell 7.6 release, our learnings, and the changes the team has already begun making to improve release predictability and transparency. The post PowerShell 7.6 release postmortem an

Developer Tools · PowerShell Team Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

This post shares context on the delayed timing of the PowerShell 7.6 release, our learnings, and the changes the team has already begun making to improve release predictability and transparency. The post PowerShell 7.6 release postmortem and investments appeared first on PowerShell Team.

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Announcements
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PowerShell Team, PowerShell, PowerShell Release
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Announcing PowerShell 7.6 (LTS) GA Release

We’re excited to announce the General Availability of PowerShell 7.6, the next Long Term Support (LTS) release of PowerShell. PowerShell 7.6 is built on .NET 10 (LTS), continuing the alignment between PowerShell and the modern .NET platform

Developer Tools · PowerShell Team Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

We’re excited to announce the General Availability of PowerShell 7.6, the next Long Term Support (LTS) release of PowerShell. PowerShell 7.6 is built on .NET 10 (LTS), continuing the alignment between PowerShell and the modern .NET platform. PowerShell 7.6 includes reliability improvements across the engine, modules, and interactive shell experience. Preview releases focused on improving […] The post Announcing PowerShell 7.6 (LTS) GA Release appeared first on PowerShell Team.

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Announcements
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PowerShell Team, PowerShell