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Jason Helmick announces that starting with PowerShell 7.7-preview.1, PowerShell will move away from MSI installers on Windows and adopt MSIX as the primary install method, outlining the servicing, reliability, enterprise deployment, and accessibility reasons behind the change.

Jason Helmick shares a postmortem of the PowerShell 7.6 delay (shipped March 2026), breaking down what failed in packaging and validation, how preview cadence and ownership gaps amplified the risk, and which release-process investments the team is making to improve predictability.

Jason Helmick announces the GA release of PowerShell 7.6 (LTS), highlighting its move to .NET 10 (LTS), reliability improvements, new/updated module features, tab completion enhancements, and a small set of breaking changes relevant to production automation environments.

Authored by Jason Helmick, this post announces the general availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.1.0, outlining its new features, improvements, and installation instructions for different platforms.

Authored by Jason Helmick, this post introduces key authoring enhancements in Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0, designed to streamline the configuration and deployment processes for PowerShell and Azure environments.

Jason Helmick walks through the installation and basics of Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0, helping IT professionals and developers automate infrastructure management using PowerShell.

In this detailed announcement, Jason Helmick introduces Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.0.0, highlighting its cross-platform capabilities, integration improvements, and significant differences from classic PowerShell DSC.

Jason Helmick announces the general availability of PowerShell 7.5, highlighting new features, improvements, and community contributions.