The PowerShell 7 platform has received a new update. A preview for the upcoming version 7.2 is now available for download. Microsoft has announced a number of improvements that already included in 'Preview 1', so interested users can check them out.
What's new in PowerShell 7.2 Preview 1
Engine Updates and Fixes
- Change the default fallback encoding for
GetEncodinginStart-Transcriptto beUTF8without a BOM
General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes
- Update
pwsh -?output to match docs - Fix
NullReferenceExceptioninTest-Json - Make
DisposeinTranscriptionOptionidempotent - Add additional Microsoft PowerShell modules to the tracked modules list
- Relax further
SSLverification checks forWSManon non-Windows hosts with verification available - Add the
OutputTypeAttributetoGet-ExperimentalFeature - Fix blocking wait when starting file associated with a Windows application
- Emit warning if
ConvertTo-Jsonexceeds-Depthvalue
Tools
- Enable
CodeQLSecurity scanning - Add global
AnalyzerConfigwith default configuration
Download PowerShell 7.2
The app is available for download on the GitHub.
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Don’t wait at all after the public release. :D Thanks Sergey!