PowerShell Script Analyzer In other Windows PowerShell news this month, Microsoft announced that it has released PSScriptAnalyzer 1.4.0. It's not a security tool, though.

Desired State Configuration is Microsoft push-pull PowerShell technology to keep system configurations in check. PowerShell 5.0 is somewhat backward compatible.

Windows without PowerShell 2.0: Microsoft removes the version still included for compatibility for good. It has long been considered obsolete.

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature.

PowerShell 2.0 is already a few years old. Microsoft is therefore throwing it out of Windows and advises migration.

Version 6.1 of PowerShell Core, Microsoft's scripting tool that's used for DevOps purposes, is now available, the company announced last week.

PowerShell Core is available to Windows clients, as well as macOS and Linux devices. Learn how to install Microsoft's PSC on these operating systems.