

Windows is not case-sensitive, so neither is PowerShell on Windows. These variables enable you to check the current OS and perform different behaviors from within a script. Notice that you now have built-in variables indicating the operating system version. \ in front of the EXE, otherwise it will find the native EXE for Windows PowerShell. Type $PSVersionTable again to see that PSEdition is shown as Core and with a different version number.Type $PSVersionTable to see the native version of PowerShell.
#Microsoft story for mac install#
#Microsoft story for mac pro#
According to this is one of the most popular Linux flavors.Įvery customer who has seen this Microsoft guy demo PowerShell on three operating systems from a MacBook Pro has been impressed with the direction Microsoft is taking. For my demos I chose Ubuntu Desktop so that I could do both PowerShell Core and Visual Studio Code. The beta release of PowerShell Core 6 supports a significant list of Linux distributions. I can even demo PowerShell remoting between all three operating systems.
#Microsoft story for mac code#
Now I can demo PowerShell Core 6 and Visual Studio Code side-by-side on three different operating systems. But now in my bag I also carry a MacBook Pro running VMs of Windows and Linux for one ultimate demo machine. I have the coolest job, and I love my Microsoft Surface Pro 4. This version of PowerShell will be different than the Windows PowerShell edition you see built into Windows today. NET Core, a cross-platform, open-source version of the code base powering most of the Windows world. However, it is PowerShell Core designed to run cross-platform on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The next release of PowerShell (6.0) was open-sourced last year and is currently in beta. Are you ready for this? What is PowerShell Core?

Today we have a guest post from Honorary Script Guy and Microsoft Premier Field Engineer Ashley McGlone, also known as GoateePFE.
