PowerShell 7 | OD126

PowerShell 7.x, the latest major version of PowerShell, is cross platform, open source, and a complete tool for Windows management—bringing together Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core. This session explores new features in PowerShell 7 and why developers put it on their machines. This session will also provide tips and tricks for developers to use the PowerShell terminal for automating operations tasks cross-platform.

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00:00 Introduction
01:45 How we got to PowerShell 7.x
04:40 It's important to properly focus on the vision for PowerShell (& its community)
06:25 Improve the lives of folks working on operations by simplifying automation
07:50 Why devs put PowerShell 7 on their machines
08:27 Predictors
10:03 Crescendo
11:27 Ternary (& more operators)
12:40 ForEach Object Parallel
13:47 Open Source
14:57 Reasons devs put PowerShell 7 on their machines
15:31 And even on PowerShell 5+ devs get excited about...
16:11 Package Ecosystem
18:28 SecretManagment & SecretStore
20:36 Visual Studio Code
22:12 OpenSSH
23:10 Reasons Devs put PowerShell 7 on their machine #2
24:30 Upcoming features
26:10 How to get all this on your machine
26:55 How to stay in touch
28:58 Closing Notes

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