Microsoft has updated the preview release of Windows Terminal to version 1.17. The latest update brings several new features and enhancements based on customer feedback, including Mica and process restart support, dropdown menu customizations, an updated color schemes page, and much more. First off, Microsoft has added support for dropdown menu customization to help users...
Microsoft has announced the release of Windows Terminal version 1.16, which brings a couple of significant improvements to the user experience. First off, Microsoft has introduced a new feature that lets users customize their Windows Terminal windows. Specifically, Windows Terminal users can modify themes in the Settings JSON file and then enable them in the…
Last Update: Jun 20, 2022
As a seasoned, or even new IT Pro, you’re likely an avid user of Putty, using secure shell (SSH) to connect to Unix/Linux servers, computers, and even Windows machines for an efficient and secure remote command-line experience. Well, did you know Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2019 (and Windows Server 2022) include an…
In this article, I’m going to show you how to use the command-line tool ipconfig. If you’re an IT admin, ipconfig is a very useful console application program that can help you troubleshoot network connectivity problems in Windows. Linux and other operating systems (OS) have similar capabilities, but they often use different commands to achieve…
Microsoft is getting ready to make Windows Terminal the default terminal tool on Windows 11 machines. The Redmond giant has announced that this change will be rolled out to Windows Insiders in 2022 before making it generally available for all Windows 11 PCs. “Over the course of 2022, we are planning to make Windows Terminal…
Windows Terminal is delivered by Microsoft as a packaged app through the Microsoft Store and on GitHub in MSIX format. But because of the way Windows Terminal is developed and packaged, there are some challenges when it comes to elevating privileges. Users have called for Microsoft to allow tabs in Windows Terminal to optionally run…
One of the most interesting features of Windows Terminal is the ability to customize the appearance of each tab. But until recently, customizations were only possible by editing a JSON settings file. In Windows Terminal version 1.7, which has just been released on the stable channel to the Microsoft Store and GitHub, Microsoft has added…
May was a busy month for Windows, with the release of the Windows 10 May 2020 Update and Build.
Microsoft releases Windows Terminal version 1.0 at Build 2020.
Version 0.3 of Windows Terminal lets you connect directly to Azure Cloud Shell, here’s how you can do that.