What's new in PowerShell Docs for 2020
This article lists notable changes made to docs each month and celebrates the contributions from the community.
Help us make the documentation better for you. Read the Contributor's Guide to learn how to get started.
2020-December
Updated contributor guide
- documented the
&preserve_view=truequery parameter for hyperlinks - documented cross-reference syntax for hyperlinks
- added information about localization
- documented the
GitHub stats
- 44 PRs merged (11 from Community)
- 50 issues opened (43 from Community)
- 50 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| doctordns | 3 | 2 |
| chadbaldwin | 1 | |
| dawedawe | 1 | |
| dumpvn | 1 | |
| kvprasoon | 1 | |
| lbearl | 1 | |
| petershen0307 | 1 | |
| skycommand | 1 | |
| springcomp | 1 | |
| Cwilson-dataselfcom | 5 | |
| bobbybatatina | 2 |
2020-November
PowerShell 7.1 GA Release
- What's New in PowerShell 7.1
- Converted 7.1 docs to release status
- Added 7.2 (preview) docs
- Retired v6 docs to archive repository
Blog posts
Documentation maintenance
- Updated 137 articles to remove MSDN and TechNet references
- Updated 171 articles to indicate Windows-only compatibility
- Updated 38 articles to address build warnings and suggestions
- Added include to 24 DSC articles
- Major rewrite of the PowerShell Jobs articles
GitHub stats
- 50 PRs merged (8 from Community)
- 55 issues opened (45 from Community)
- 51 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| AlanFlorance | 1 | |
| gilbertbw | 1 | |
| ianwalkeruk | 1 | |
| JeremyTBradshaw | 1 | |
| matt9ucci | 1 | |
| Rob-S | 1 | |
| ShaydeNofziger | 1 | |
| skycommand | 1 | |
| juvtib | 8 | |
| iRon7 | 2 | |
| l-ip | 2 | |
| stephenrgentry | 2 | |
| Vixb1122 | 2 |
2020-October
New articles
- about_Character_Encoding
- about_Output_Streams
- Using Visual Studio Code to debug compiled cmdlets (thanks @fsackur)
- Add Credential support to PowerShell functions (thanks @joshduffney)
Documentation maintenance
- Updates for 7.1-rc content
- Updated all article descriptions to improve SEO
GitHub stats
- 61 PRs merged (7 from Community)
- 49 issues opened (42 from Community)
- 61 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| doctordns | 1 | |
| escape208 | 1 | |
| nickdevore | 1 | |
| fsackur | 1 | |
| Duffney | 1 | |
| skycommand | 1 | |
| yecril71pl | 1 | |
| mklement0 | 3 | |
| Abdullah0820 | 2 |
2020-September
Documentation maintenance
- Updates for 7.1-preview content
Community presentation
- How to contribute to Docs for RTPUG - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DEB61YOMc
GitHub stats
- 41 PRs merged (9 from Community)
- 52 issues opened (47 from Community)
- 51 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| doctordns | 1 | |
| fatherjack | 1 | |
| goforgold | 1 | |
| jonathanweinberg | 1 | |
| kvprasoon | 1 | |
| skycommand | 1 | |
| springcomp | 1 | |
| themichaelbender | 1 | |
| toddryan | 1 | |
| mklement0 | 13 | |
| setpeetrike | 2 |
2020-August
New PowerShell documentation
Documentation maintenance
- Updates for 7.1-preview content
GitHub stats
- 69 PRs merged (26 from Community)
- 68 issues opened (49 from Community)
- 58 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| sethvs | 10 | 2 |
| yecril71pl | 10 | |
| mklement0 | 1 | 7 |
| springcomp | 1 | 2 |
| SquirrelAssassin | 2 | |
| thorstenbutz | 2 | |
| aetos382 | 1 | |
| crumdev | 1 | |
| joshSi | 1 | |
| kmoad | 1 |
2020-July
New PowerShell documentation
- Resurrected old ETS docs - 7 articles added
- Added article about creating updateable help using PlatyPS
Documentation maintenance
- Updates for 7.1-preview content
- Updated page header - simplified menu choices and added a download button
- Fixed several
Update-Helpissues- Help for PSDesiredStateConfiguration and ThreadJob modules now downloads
- Published updateable help for PowerShell 7.1 preview
- Updateable help for PowerShell 5.1 now includes About topics
GitHub stats
- 99 PRs merged (29 from Community)
- 51 issues opened (44 from Community)
- 71 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| yecril71pl | 10 | 3 |
| sethvs | 10 | |
| springcomp | 3 | 2 |
| txtor | 2 | 1 |
| baardhermansen | 1 | |
| skycommand | 1 | |
| srjennings | 1 | |
| xtqqczze | 1 | |
| mklement0 | 3 | |
| Allexxann | 2 | |
| sharpninja | 2 | |
| XuHeng1021 | 2 |
2020-June
New PowerShell documentation
- Published new PowerShell 101 content contributed by Mike F. Robbins
- Added two recent blog posts from Rob Holt to the Scripting and development docs
Documentation maintenance
- Archived older content to https://aka.ms/PSLegacyDocs
- PowerShell Web Access SDK content
- PowerShell Workflows SDK content
- Updates for 7.1-preview content
- Archived older content to https://aka.ms/PSLegacyDocs
GitHub stats
- 83 PRs merged (15 from Community)
- 68 issues opened (52 from Community)
- 74 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filling issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| doctordns | 3 | |
| gabrielmccoll | 2 | |
| adrianhale | 1 | |
| aisbergde | 1 | |
| beatcracker | 1 | |
| bergmeister | 1 | |
| DarioArzaba | 1 | |
| gforceg | 1 | |
| jpomfret | 1 | |
| Karl-WE | 1 | |
| signalwarrant | 1 | |
| skycommand | 1 | |
| tkhadimullin | 1 | |
| johnkberry | 2 | |
| juvtib | 2 | |
| mklement0 | 2 | |
| Sagatboy33 | 4 |
2020-May
New PowerShell documentation
- Created a new Deep dives section containing content from
community contributor Kevin Marquette
- Everything you want to know about arrays
- Everything you want to know about hashtables
- Everything you want to know about PSCustomObject
- Everything you want to know about string substitution
- Everything you want to know about if/then/else
- Everything you want to know about switch
- Everything you want to know about exceptions
- Everything you want to know about $null
- Everything you want to know about ShouldProcess
- How to create a Standard Library binary module
- Published the PowerShell 7.0 .NET API reference
Update-Help -Forcefor PowerShell 5.1 now downloads updated content for the core PowerShell modules
- Created a new Deep dives section containing content from
community contributor Kevin Marquette
Documentation maintenance
- Major reorganization of the Table of Contents
- New content under Learning PowerShell
- Windows PowerShell 5.1 content collected in one location
- Archived older content to https://aka.ms/PSLegacyDocs
- PowerShell Web Access
- PowerShell Workflows Guide
- Updates for 7.1-preview content
- Major reorganization of the Table of Contents
GitHub stats
- 81 PRs merged (21 from Community)
- 61 issues opened (53 from Community)
- 64 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filling issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| nschonni | 10 | |
| xtqqczze | 2 | 1 |
| kilasuit | 1 | 1 |
| davidseibel | 1 | |
| doctordns | 1 | |
| jhoffmann271 | 1 | |
| KevinMarquette | 1 | |
| klitztuch | 1 | |
| markojorge | 1 | |
| perjahn | 1 | |
| schuelermine | 1 | |
| jsilverm | 7 | |
| mklement0 | 5 | |
| cam1170 | 2 | |
| JustinGrote | 2 | |
| peetrike | 2 |
2020-April
New documents
- PowerShell documentation
- Wiki articles
Documentation maintenance
- Now publishing updates to Microsoft Learn on a daily schedule
- Monday-Friday 3pm Redmond Time (UTC-8)
- Restructured the Community content
- Many editorial cleanups
- Updated Contributor Guide
- Clarified some formatting rules
- New information about table formatting
- Now publishing updates to Microsoft Learn on a daily schedule
GitHub stats
- 74 PRs merged (8 from Community)
- 79 issues opened (71 from Community)
- 102 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filling issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| ScSurber | 1 | 1 |
| alexandair | 1 | |
| bmkaiser | 1 | |
| hyoshioka0128 | 1 | |
| jpomfret | 1 | |
| raydixon | 1 | |
| signalwarrant | 1 | |
| mklement0 | 8 | |
| reinierk | 3 | |
| scabon | 2 | |
| Abdullah0820 | 2 | |
| awooga | 2 | |
| Damag3d | 2 | |
| Fiasco123 | 2 | |
| Jasonthurston | 2 |
2020-March
New documents
- The PowerShell Docs community pages
- Community resources page
- What's new in PowerShell Docs page (this page)
- PowerShell Infographic added to the Digital Art page
- PowerShell-Doc contributor guide
- New PowerShell content
- New Wiki content
- The PowerShell Docs community pages
Documentation maintenance
- Massive cleanup of broken links
- Cleanup of old and duplicate issues
GitHub stats
- 100 PRs merged (14 from Community)
- 68 issues opened (56 from Community)
- 109 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filling issues. Thank you!
- k-takai - 7 PRs
- mklement0 - 5 issues
- juvtib - 4 issues
- iSazonov - 3 issue
- doctordns - 2 issues
- mdorantesm - 2 issues
- qt3m45su0najc7 - 2 issues
2020-February
- New documents
- PowerShell 7 documentation updates
- Updates to address issues
- Ran PlatyPS to verify parameter info for all cmdlets and versions
- GitHub stats
- 52 PRs merged (9 from Community)
- 49 issues opened (42 from Community)
- 55 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filling issues. Thank you!
- Maamue - 2 PRs
- doctordns - 2 PRs
- mklement0 - 4 issues
- he852100 - 3 issues
- VectorBCO - 2 issues
- metablaster - 2 issues
2020-January
- New documents
- PowerShell 7 documentation updates
- Updates to address issues
- GitHub stats
- 58 PRs merged (7 from Community)
- 57 issues opened (43 from Community)
- 70 issues closed
Top Community Contributors
The following people have contributed to PowerShell docs by submitting pull requests or filling issues. Thank you!
- Makovec - 3 PRs
- mklement0 - 9 issues
- mvadu - 2 issues
- razos - 2 issues
- VLoub - 2 issues
- doctordns - 2 issues
