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Cascadia Code 2404.23

April 30, 2024 Apr 30, 2024 04/30/24
Christopher Nguyen
Hello world! We are excited to announce the first major version update of Cascadia Code since the 2111.01 release three years ago! (Wow, time sure flies!) In this new 2404.03 release, we have added support for Quadrants, Sextants, Octants, Large Type Pieces, more legacy computing symbols, and Nerd Fonts to Cascadia Code. Huge shoutouts to ...

Introducing Sudo for Windows!

February 7, 2024 Feb 7, 2024 02/7/24
Jordi Adoumie
Introducing Sudo for Windows We're excited to announce the release of Sudo for Windows in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052! Sudo for Windows is a new way for users to run elevated commands directly from an unelevated console session. It is an ergonomic and familiar solution for users who want to elevate a command without having to first...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.20 Release

January 30, 2024 Jan 30, 2024 01/30/24
Christopher Nguyen
Happy New Year! The Windows Terminal team is back with our first preview release of the year! Windows Terminal Preview 1.20 introduces several changes such as the automatic deferral of package updates while Windows Terminal is running, support for colorful and crazy line styles, changes to the way search results are highlighted and LOTS of ...

Self-help support for Azure using Help API : CLI Extension

January 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024 01/12/24
Nithya Sivam
Today, Azure customers navigate across multiple tools, portals and knowledge bases to troubleshoot Azure incidents. Azure is now introducing Help API, an offering that streamlines and simplifies troubleshooting steps by returning relevant solutions associated with the problem, wherever you need them! Help API empowers you and/or your users to ...

Terminal Chat in Windows Terminal Canary

November 17, 2023 Nov 17, 2023 11/17/23
Christopher Nguyen
At Build 2023, we announced that Windows Terminal users will be able to take advantage of natural language AI to recommend commands, explain errors and take actions within Windows Terminal. Since then, we have been listening to customer feedback and iterating on our AI chat experiments in Windows Terminal. The Windows Terminal team is ...

New enterprise-grade security controls for the Windows Subsystem for Linux

November 15, 2023 Nov 15, 2023 11/15/23
Craig Loewen
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has added new enterprise-oriented features that will help you deploy, monitor, and configure WSL safely within your organization's setting. Virtual Machine-based environments, like WSL, can be difficult to manage security for in enterprise business settings. We've listened to your feedback and have ...

Introducing Windows Terminal Canary

October 11, 2023 Oct 11, 2023 10/11/23
Christopher Nguyen
Windows Terminal is distributed in a variety of formats. We are thrilled to announce that we are adding Windows Terminal Canary to the Windows Terminal family. Windows Terminal Canary is a new canary channel of Windows Terminal that ships nightly and includes “hot off the presses” features. This Canary channel gives users the opportunity ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.19 Release

September 26, 2023 Sep 26, 2023 09/26/23
Christopher Nguyen
The Windows Terminal team is back with a new preview release! Windows Terminal Preview 1.19 introduces new features such as Broadcast Input, Web Search, the Suggestions UI and more! We are also updating Windows Terminal to version 1.18 which will include all of the features from this previous blog post. As always, you can install Windows ...

Walkthroughs in the Windows Terminal Repository

September 5, 2023 Sep 5, 2023 09/5/23
Mike Griese
Note: You can also watch a video version of this blog post on Open at Microsoft. Driving open-source contributions in large projects can be a challenge. As a new contributor, you might have a great idea for a new feature, or want to help fix a nagging bug, but you don't know where to start. Even with a small project, it can be difficult ...