PowerShell 7.2.0 RC1 now available for testing

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Updated October 22nd, 2021

Published October 22nd, 2021

by Surur

updated on Oct 22nd, 2021 published on Oct 22nd, 2021

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Microsoft has made PowerShell 7.2.0 Release Candidate 1 available for testing.

The update comes with the following changelog:

Disallow COM calls for AppLocker system lockdown (#16268)
Configure Microsoft.ApplicationInsights to not send cloud role name (#16246)
Disallow Add-Type in NoLanguage mode on a locked down machine (#16245)
Make property names for color VT100 sequences consistent with documentation (#16212)
Make moving a directory into itself with Move-Item an error (#16198)
Change FileSystemInfo.Target from a CodeProperty to an AliasProperty that points to FileSystemInfo.LinkTarget (#16165)

Update .NET 6 to version 6.0.100-rc.2.21505.57 (#16249)
Fix RPM packaging (Internal 17704)
Update ThirdPartyNotices.txt (#16283)
Update pipeline yaml file to use ubuntu-latest image (#16279)
Add script to generate cgmanifest.json (#16278)
Update version of Microsoft.PowerShell.Native and Microsoft.PowerShell.MarkdownRender packages (#16277)
Add cgmanifest.json for generating correct third party notice file (#16266)
Only upload stable buildinfo for stable releases (#16251)
Don’t upload .dep or .tar.gz for RPM because there are none (#16230)
Ensure RPM license is recognized (#16189)
Add condition to only generate release files in local dev build only (#16259)
Ensure psoptions.json and manifest.spdx.json files always exist in packages (#16258)
Fix CI script and split out ARM runs (#16252)
Update vPack task version to 12 (#16250)
Sign third party executables (#16229)
Add Software Bill of Materials to the main packages (#16202)
Upgrade set-value package for markdown test (#16196)
Fix Microsoft update spelling issue (#16178)
Move vPack build to 1ES Pool (#16169)

The updated app is being distributed via Windows Update if you selected the “Update via Windows Update”.