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PowerShell 7.1 Now Commercially Released

Microsoft this week announced the release of PowerShell 7.1, which was described as a "major update" to the scripting language. PowerShell 7.1 is based on .NET 5, which also was released this week. In ...
ZDNet

Microsoft: First preview of PowerShell 7.1 for Windows, Linux and MacOS is out

Microsoft has released a new preview of PowerShell 7.1, its automation tool and scripting language for Windows, Linux, and macOS. The new preview builds on and fills in some features that didn’t make ...

Azure Automation legacy runtimes to be unsupported on September 30: Migration, contract, and audit checks to avoid confusing 'still working' with operational assurance

September 22, 2026ConclusionOrganizations using Python 2.7, Python 3.8, PowerShell 7.1, or PowerShell 7.2 runbooks in Azure Automation must identify the affected items and complete the decision-making ...
BleepingComputer

Microsoft warns of critical PowerShell 7 code execution vulnerability

Microsoft warns of a critical .NET Core remote code execution vulnerability in PowerShell 7 caused by how text encoding is performed in .NET 5 and .NET Core. PowerShell provides a command-line shell, ...
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Microsoft tells sysadmins to update PowerShell 7 to fix flaw that could expose credentials in Linux

Microsoft has issued a stark warning to system administrators, advising them of the importance of updating PowerShell 7 as soon as possible. Versions prior to PowerShell 7.0.8 and PowerShell 7.1.5 are ...