#PowerShell 7.1.0 Preview 5 is out

The PowerShell team has introduced a new preview version of PowerShell.  Here is what to expect in the upcoming PowerShell 7.1 platform, and what has already changed in Preview 5.

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The preview release of PowerShell 7.1 is notable for including  .NET 5 preview 1.

Starting with PowerShell 7.0, devs have shifted to align with .NET’s release and support life-cycle more closely. PowerShell 7.1 is expected to become available within a week or two of .NET 5’s release date of winter 2020 and align with their annual release cadence going forward.

What’s new in PowerShell 7.1 Preview 5

Engine Updates and Fixes

Ensure assemblies listed in the module manifest FileList field are not loaded (#12968)

Code Cleanup

Tools

Add missing .editorconfig settings present in dotnet/runtime (#12871) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)

Tests

Add new test for Format-Custom to avoid data loss (#11393) (Thanks @iSazonov!)

Build and Packaging Improvements

Fixed upgrade code in MSI package.

What to expect in PowerShell 7.1

• PowerShellGet 3.0
• Secret Management Module, an extensible abstraction layer in PowerShell for interacting with Secrets and Secrets Vaults, will get Linux support.
• PSScriptAnalyzer 2.0 for better user experience with VSCode-PowerShell and PSEditorServices.
• Improvements made to PowerShell Jupyter Kernel
• Improvements made to platyPS vNext, a PowerShell module that devs currently use to convert PowerShell documentation from markdown to updatable-help.

The official announcement also mentions a number of areas where it is possible to make more improvements and changes, including Installation and Updating, Shell Improvements, Interactive User Experience.

Finally, PowerShell may get a minimal setup, that only includes the parts of PowerShell needed for your scripts. Not only would it take less disk space, but more importantly, a minimal set of code means less patching and security attack surface.

You can download it here:

Download PowerShell 7.1 Preview 5

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