What's new in PowerShell Docs for 2022
This article lists notable changes made to docs each month and celebrates the contributions from the community.
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2022-December
New Content
- about_PSItem
- Configuring a light colored theme
- What's new in Crescendo 1.1
- Export-CrescendoCommand
- PowerShell 7.4 (preview) cmdlet reference - a direct copy of the 7.3 content in preparation for the preview release of PowerShell 7.4
More Quality project updates
- Added alias information to 83 cmdlet articles (Thanks @ehmiiz!)
- Added alias information to 8 cmdlet articles (Thanks @szabolevo!)
GitHub stats
- 51 PRs merged (14 from Community)
- 50 issues opened (28 from Community)
- 46 issues closed (23 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| ehmiiz | 8 | 7 |
| changeworld | 3 | |
| szabolevo | 1 | |
| amkhrjee | 1 | |
| xtqqczze | 1 | 3 |
| ALiwoto | 1 | 2 |
| mklement0 | 3 |
2022-November
New Content
- Contributing quality improvements
- See examples under Quality project updates
- Product terminology and branding guidelines
- Labelling in GitHub
Content updates
- Updated release notes for the PowerShell 7.3 GA release
- Updated about_Telemetry
- Improved the description of delay-binding in about_Script_Blocks
- Added a best practice recommendation to about_Functions_Advanced_Parameters
Quality project updates
- Added alias information to 129 cmdlet articles (Thanks @ehmiiz!)
- Added links to PRs in the PowerShell 7.3 release notes (Thanks @skycommand!)
- Converted hyperlinks to link references in 5 articles (Thanks @chadmando!)
GitHub stats
- 52 PRs merged (12 from Community)
- 41 issues opened (27 from Community)
- 42 issues closed (28 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| ehmiiz | 9 | 8 |
| chadmando | 1 | |
| baardhermansen | 1 | |
| skycommand | 1 | |
| mklement0 | 3 | |
| peetrike | 2 |
2022-October
New Content
Content updates
- Hacktoberfest 2022
cleanup efforts
- Thank you to @ehmiiz, @TSanzo-BLE, and @chadmando for their Hacktoberfest PRs! Their 11 PRs touched 114 articles.
- Published PowerShell SDK .NET API content for
PowerShell 7.2 and
7.3-preview
- The first updates since PowerShell 7.1 released in November 2020
- Removed the unsupported versions 6.0 and 7.1
- Added a list of aliases not available on Linux and macOS to PowerShell differences on non-Windows platforms
GitHub stats
- 65 PRs merged (21 from Community)
- 42 issues opened (28 from Community)
- 34 issues closed (23 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| ehmiiz | 5 | 5 |
| TSanzo-BLE | 4 | |
| yecril71pl | 2 | |
| chadmando | 2 | |
| GigaScratch | 1 | 1 |
| rbleattler | 1 | |
| spjeff | 1 | |
| adamdriscoll | 1 | |
| manuelcarriernunes | 1 | |
| michelangelobottura | 1 | |
| dmpe | 1 | |
| KamilPacanek | 1 | |
| SetTrend | 2 |
2022-September
No new content this month.
Content updates
- PSScriptAnalyzer 1.21 update release
- Release notes for 7.3-preview.8
GitHub stats
- 31 PRs merged (8 from Community)
- 18 issues opened (9 from Community)
- 16 issues closed (8 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| DonaldDWebster | 1 | |
| emerconghaile | 1 | |
| floojah | 1 | |
| imere | 1 | |
| mcdonaldjc | 1 | |
| rayden84 | 1 | |
| sirsql | 1 | |
| tig | 1 | |
| b-long | 2 |
2022-August
New content
New landing page for What's new content
Shell experience docs
DSC 2.0 docs
- Conceptual content - 15 new articles
- PSDscResources module reference - 58 new articles
Content updates
- PowerShell VS Code docs
- Release notes for 7.3-preview.7
- Cleaned up markdown tables in About topics for better accessibility and localization
Other Projects
- Get-WhatsNew cmdlet released - This cmdlet displays release notes for all versions of PowerShell so you can see what's new for a particular version.
GitHub stats
- 57 PRs merged (16 from Community)
- 24 issues opened (12 from Community)
- 26 issues closed (15 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| sethvs | 4 | |
| BEEDELLROKEJULIANLOCKHART | 1 | |
| Chemerevsky | 1 | |
| ClaudioESSilva | 1 | |
| davidhaymond | 1 | |
| DavidMetcalfe | 1 | |
| dharmatech | 1 | |
| kozhemyak | 1 | |
| mcawai | 1 | |
| NaridaL | 1 | |
| Nicicalu | 1 | |
| sdarwin | 1 | |
| seansaleh | 1 |
2022-July
New content
- Optimizing your shell experience
- Using tab completion
- Using command predictors
- Getting dynamic help
- Using aliases
- Customizing your shell environment
Content updates
- Updated PowerShell 7.3-preview.6 release notes
- Started reviewing and testing PowerShellGet v3 cmdlet reference (currently in beta) to ensure accuracy and release readiness.
- Refresh of our Community Contributor Guide
Top Community Contributors
GitHub stats
- 50 PRs merged (6 from Community)
- 22 issues opened (14 from Community)
- 29 issues closed (19 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| Alvynskio | 1 | |
| bergmeister | 1 | |
| BusHero | 1 | |
| lewis-yeung | 1 | |
| sethvs | 1 | |
| tommymaynard | 1 |
2022-June
New content migrated from GitHub wiki
- Limitations of PowerShell transcripts
- Avoid using Invoke-Expression
- Avoid assigning variables in expressions
- about_Case-Sensitivity
- Updated about_Arrays
New SecretManagement content
- Understanding the security features of SecretManagement and SecretStore
- Using the SecretStore in automation
- Using Azure Key Vault in automation
Content updates
- Updated release notes for 7.3-preview.5 and PSReadLine 2.2.6
Top Community Contributors
GitHub stats
- 44 PRs merged (8 from Community)
- 23 issues opened (14 from Community)
- 23 issues closed (13 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| mcdonaldjc | 2 | 1 |
| radrow | 1 | |
| yecril71pl | 1 | |
| muhahaaa | 1 | |
| windin7cc | 1 | |
| fabiod89 | 1 | |
| NaridaL | 1 |
2022-May
New content
- Create a Crescendo configuration using the Crescendo cmdlets
- Overview of the SecretManagement and SecretStore modules
- Get started with the SecretStore module
- Understanding the SecretManagement module
- Managing a SecretStore vault
Content updates
- Renamed the
stagingbranch tomain - Updated the Table of Contents for easier discovery
- Moved Support Lifecycle to the top level
- Moved Contributor Guide to the top level
- 7.3-preview.4 release notes
- Bulk formatting cleanup for many docs
- PowerShell-Docs content - 272 files
- Secrets management - 17 files
- Updated the PSScriptAnalyzer README and deleted docs that were migrated to Microsoft Learn
- Removed CentOS and Fedora from docs - no longer supported
- Retired 7.1 content - no longer supported
- Collapse release notes into diff article
- Delete or move content to archive repo
Top Community Contributors
GitHub stats
- 53 PRs merged (12 from Community)
- 38 issues opened (21 from Community)
- 39 issues closed (26 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| tommymaynard | 5 | |
| naveensrinivasan | 2 | |
| rikurauhala | 1 | |
| joshua6point0 | 1 | |
| rhorber | 1 | |
| Raton-Laveur | 1 | |
| StephenRoille | 1 | |
| krlinus | 2 |
2022-April
New content
- No new content this month
Content updates
- Rewrote the install instructions for PowerShellGet
- Created separate article for Installing PowerShellGet on older Windows systems
Other projects
- PowerShell + DevOps Summit April 25-28
- Gave presentation about contributing to Docs
- Lightning demo about argument completers
- Interview for the PowerShell Podcast
Top Community Contributors
GitHub stats
- 24 PRs merged (3 from Community)
- 22 issues opened (17 from Community)
- 21 issues closed (15 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| Hrxn | 1 | |
| kevinholtkamp | 1 | |
| MikeyBronowski | 1 | |
| tommymaynard | 4 |
2022-March
New Content
- New PowerShell docs
- Utility modules updates
- New docs for Crescendo release
- Moved PlatyPS article from PowerShell docs to the PlatyPS documentation
- Migrated more PSScriptAnalyzer documentation from the source code repository
Content updates
- Bulk cleanup of related links in About_ topics
- Added issue and PR templates to all docs repos
- Updates for 7.3 preview content
- New tab completions
- Support for SSH options on remoting cmdlets
- New experimental feature
PSAMSIMethodInvocationLogging
Other projects
- Created a prototype cmdlet
Get-WhatsNewbased on the draft RFC- Check out the RFC and provide feedback
New team member
- Welcome Mikey Lombardi to the docs team
Top Community Contributors
GitHub stats
- 49 PRs merged (8 from Community)
- 26 issues opened (14 from Community)
- 33 issues closed (18 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| AspenForester | 1 | |
| codaamok | 1 | |
| DianaKuzmenko | 1 | |
| MikeyBronowski | 1 | |
| poshdude | 1 | |
| robcmo | 1 | |
| sertdfyguhi | 1 | |
| stampycode | 1 |
2022-February
New Content
Content updates
- Catching up on issues
- Updates for 7.3 preview content
Top Community Contributors
GitHub stats
- 22 PRs merged (3 from Community)
- 24 issues opened (19 from Community)
- 18 issues closed (16 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| sethvs | 2 | |
| guilhermgonzaga | 1 |
2022-January
New Content
- No new content. We're down to one writer for PowerShell. I was out of the office for half of December for vacation then half of January for COVID.
Content updates
- Catching up on issues
- Updates for 7.3 preview content
Top Community Contributors
GitHub stats
- 51 PRs merged (10 from Community)
- 29 issues opened (26 from Community)
- 46 issues closed (39 Community issues closed)
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| sethvs | 3 | |
| UberKluger | 1 | |
| MiguelDomingues | 1 | |
| reZach | 1 | |
| Hertz-Hu | 1 | |
| julian-hansen | 1 | |
| Hrxn | 1 | |
| peteraritchie | 1 |
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