Jeffrey Snover, the inventor of the popular Microsoft scripting engine, forecasts where PowerShell is going and outlines containers' role in automation. As Microsoft and Chef Software Inc. forge ahead ...

Windows PowerShell 3, Microsoft’s task automation framework that came out earlier this year is now better optimized for the DevOps community as it comes with several useful features like task ...

Cloud and DevOps have reshaped IT operations admins' day-to-day responsibilities -- as well as what's in their IT management toolkit. Microsoft's PowerShell, which for years has served as a go-to ...

Microsoft is making signficant strides in its effort to be more DevOps focused. That effort was on display at its Build even last week, and includes PowerShell updates and Nano Server enhancements.

Microsoft announced Thursday it is open sourcing its PowerShell scripting language and command-line shell, making it available on Mac and Linux operating systems. The company released alpha versions ...

PowerShell is a scripting language and command-line interface tool developed at Microsoft by Jeffrey Snover in 2003. Since then, Windows administrators and information technology (IT) managers have ...

Microsoft’s mighty Windows administration framework gets even better with the help of these resources. Most are free, and the three for-fee tools are well worth the cost. Ah, PowerShell. A simple blue ...