Multiple platforms are now the norm for IT infrastructure. To address that Microsoft is bringing its key configuration tools to Linux and Mac OS to make it easier for customers and partners to handle ...

Ever since Microsoft announced that PowerShell would be made open source, I have been really curious about what it would be like to run PowerShell on a Linux machine. Would it be like managing a ...

Microsoft is open sourcing its popular scripting language and porting it to the Linux and Mac OSX platforms. PowerShell capabilities will also reach into the cloud via extensions for Microsoft ...

Amazon Web Services and VMware as Microsoft launch partners? You read it right. As part of its move toward more openness, Microsoft today said its popular and powerful PowerShell command-line ...

After testing the waters for years, Microsoft has launched its first service, Azure Cloud Switch, that's based on Linux. PowerShell Core is built on the .NET Framework. It's a task-based command-line ...

Sysadmins, rejoice: PowerShell is coming to Linux and Mac. Microsoft announced Thursday that its automation and scripting system is breaking out of the confines of Windows and going open source. The ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Justin is founder and principal analyst at PivotNine. This article is more than 9 years old. Recent moves by Microsoft came ...

Even if you have little experience with Linux, getting PowerShell up and running will only take a few simple steps. Ever since Microsoft's recent announcement that PowerShell was going to be made open ...