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2026-July
Updated content
- Release notes for monthly maintenance releases of PowerShell
- More updates to PSScriptAnalyzer rules
New-Guidchanged in PowerShell 7.7 to create v7 format UUIDs
GitHub stats
- 23 PRs merged (2 from Community)
- 38 issues opened (7 from Community, 30 Spam)
- 38 issues closed (8 from Community, 30 Spam)
Top Community Contributors
The following people contributed to PowerShell docs this month by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
Special thanks to @ArieHein for another large PR to clean up 160 articles.
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| janv8000 | 1 | |
| SufficientDaikon | 1 |
2026-June
Updated content
- Release notes for monthly maintenance releases of PowerShell
- Major cleanup of PSScriptAnalyzer rules documentation, including refactoring the rules table. The rules table now shows which rules are always enabled, and which rules can be configured or disabled.
GitHub stats
- 46 PRs merged (8 from Community)
- 42 issues opened (11 from Community, 31 Spam)
- 43 issues closed (12 from Community, 31 Spam)
Top Community Contributors
The following people contributed to PowerShell docs this month by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
Special thanks to @ArieHein for another large PR to clean up 160 articles.
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| ArieHein | 1 | |
| baardhermansen | 4 | |
| michael-hollingsworth | 1 | |
| naffee | 1 | |
| PtJade-Ceramic | 1 | 1 |
| trashCode | 2 |
2026-May
Updated content
- Updated release notes for minor releases of 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, and 7.7-preview.
- Update release notes for Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet v1.3.0-preview1
- Start work on PSScriptAnalyzer rule documentation refresh
- Standardizing the structure and formatting
- Add links to related documentation
- Grammar and style edits
GitHub stats
- 30 PRs merged (4 from Community)
- 44 issues opened (10 from Community, 33 Spam)
- 46 issues closed (10 from Community, 33 Spam)
Top Community Contributors
The following people contributed to PowerShell docs this month by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| Anyplace7803 | 1 | |
| exchange12rocks | 1 | |
| Gijsreyn | 1 | |
| jsuther1974 | 1 |
2026-April
New content
- about_Error_Handling
- Special thanks to @SufficientDaikon for their hard work creating this new article and updating all related content.
- PowerShell 7.7-preview.1 release
- What's New in PowerShell 7.7 - PowerShell
- Now, you can select PowerShell 7.7 from the version selector to view documentation PowerShell 7.7 cmdlet reference.
Updated content
- Updated release notes for minor releases of 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6.
GitHub stats
- 26 PRs merged (4 from Community)
- 40 issues opened (8 from Community, 29 Spam)
- 40 issues closed (9 from Community, 29 Spam)
Top Community Contributors
The following people contributed to PowerShell docs this month by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| Anyplace7803 | 1 | |
| Gijsreyn | 1 | |
| MukundaKatta | 1 | |
| SufficientDaikon | 1 | 1 |
2026-March
New and updated content
- Updated release notes for PowerShell 7.6.0 GA release
- Major rework of setup articles to simplify the structure
- Moved Homebrew installation instructions for macOS to Alternate ways to install PowerShell
- Updated PSScriptAnalyzer docs for v1.25 release including 6 new or updated rules
GitHub stats
- 40 PRs merged (3 from Community)
- 56 issues opened (18 from Community, 33 Spam)
- 47 issues closed (12 from Community, 33 Spam)
Top Community Contributors
The following people contributed to PowerShell docs this month by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| baardhermansen | 1 | |
| derkallevombau | 1 | |
| dodexahedron | 1 | |
| SufficientDaikon | 3 | |
| kilasuit | 2 |
2026-February
New and updated content
- Update PSResourceGet release notes for RC3
- Other general maintenance updates
GitHub stats
- 20 PRs merged (4 from Community)
- 46 issues opened (13 from Community, 32 Spam)
- 45 issues closed (13 from Community, 32 Spam)
Top Community Contributors
The following people contributed to PowerShell docs this month by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| manpritxelentor | 1 | |
| putku45 | 1 | |
| sethvs | 1 | |
| umutKaracelebi | 1 |
2026-January
New and updated content
- New article - Windows PowerShell update message
- Updated How to use the PowerShell documentation
- Updated AI Shell docs to reflect the deprecated status
- Updated PowerShellGet docs
- Retired PowerShellGet 1.x docs - 41 articles removed
GitHub stats
- 49 PRs merged (7 from Community)
- 48 issues opened (17 from Community, 31 Spam)
- 56 issues closed (24 from Community, 32 Spam)
Top Community Contributors
The following people contributed to PowerShell docs this month by submitting pull requests or filing issues. Thank you!
| GitHub Id | PRs merged | Issues opened |
|---|---|---|
| surfingoldelephant | 5 | 2 |
| taku-nm | 1 | |
| alexvy86 | 1 |
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