For a long time, the unspoken rule in Linux circles has been that PowerShell is a Windows thing, and Bash is the real deal. Even I maintained this position at first, because early iterations of ...

Multiple platforms are now the norm for IT infrastructure. To address that Microsoft is bringing its key configuration tools to Linux and Mac OS to make it easier for customers and partners to handle ...

After testing the waters for years, Microsoft has launched its first service, Azure Cloud Switch, that's based on Linux. PowerShell Core is built on the .NET Framework. It's a task-based command-line ...

PowerShell is a Windows-only scripting language for managing systems such as Active Directory, Exchange and SharePoint. In 2016, Microsoft decided to make an open source version of PowerShell, named ...

“Microsoft loves Linux,” company executives said on several occasions, and now they’re trying to actually prove it with releases and updates that bring the software giant closer to the open-source ...

Sysadmins, rejoice: PowerShell is coming to Linux and Mac. Microsoft announced Thursday that its automation and scripting system is breaking out of the confines of Windows and going open source. The ...

Unix has its fingerprints all over Linux, and it's why it feels so different compared to Windows ...

All the “Microsoft loves Linux” talk can be a tad misleading. Microsoft definitely won’t be releasing a Linux desktop version of Microsoft Office any time soon, or porting the next Halo game to Linux ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Justin is founder and principal analyst at PivotNine. This article is more than 10 years old. Recent moves by Microsoft came ...