Hi,
Sorry I meant .Net Framework in my prior post. The version that requires a full Windows install to run.
Andrew.
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From: Ian Sharpe [ISharpe@mbws.org.im]
Sent: 09 July 2018 11:10
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: PowerShell for Mac.
Hi
I think a previous email may have used the term ".NET standard" instead of the .NET framework so thought I'd just clarify.
.NET Standard is actually a single NUGET package which defines a set of required APIs which the major variants of .NET, including .NET Core, implement.
So Powershell Core, which sits on .NET core, will have access to the entire API available in the .NET Standard library that version of .NET core was compiled against.
You can read more and see a compatibility table at:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/09/26/introducing-net-standard/
Hope that helps, although I know it is very confusing.
Cheers
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew@hodgson.io]
Sent: 09 July 2018 10:28
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: PowerShell for Mac.
Hi,
PowerShell on Linux is also there for allowing users to do DSC on Linux, which is Microsoft's configuration management tool in the Chef/Ansible space. Its really good especially when coupled with an Azure automation account, though rough around the edges on Linux.
One issue with PowerShell on Linux is that we're on .Net Core, which means modules you use which rely on .Net standard won't work. That is all the standard AD modules for example.
If you're using a Mac or Linux you may want to check out the cross-platform Azure tools (az) which are Python based. They are written to give you better support for scripting with Bash etc, and are very similar to the Aws cli tools.
Andrew.
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From: Jason White [jason@jasonjgw.net]
Sent: 07 July 2018 18:26
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: PowerShell for Mac.
I read something about this a while ago, and wondered why it would be useful on Linux or Mac, where the Microsoft APIs aren't available. Now I know: remote administration of Microsoft infrastructure.
On 7/5/18, 11:46, "Jen Bottom"