
Installing PowerShell Pro Tools in Visual Studio Code Locate the extension in the Visual Studio Marketplace, as shown in the next figure. Only PowerShell Pro Tools (the paid product) is available for Visual Studio Code. To license PowerShell Pro Tools in Visual Studio, click Help > About PowerShell Pro Tools and enter your product key.

In Visual Studio, open the Extensions menu and select Manage Extensions. For instance, in my spare time I'm working on a PowerShell Universal Dashboard project that provides an easy-to-use front-end for PowerShell Just Enough Administration (JEA).Īs a PowerShell administrative scripter, you may be thinking, "Why should I care about Visual Studio?" In response I want to remind you that Visual Studio (a) is available in a free Community Edition and (b) offers us a first-class PowerShell development experience when you use Adam's tools. PowerShell Universal Dashboard: This retail product simplifies the development and maintenance of web-based, interactive dashboards.


PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio: This freeware Visual Studio add-on provides the core PowerShell language support minus the PowerGUI integration.Fast-forward to 2019, and alongside much critical acclaim, Adam's product portfolio has broadened to include: In 2010 Adam created PowerGUI VSX, a free Visual Studio add-on that gave Visual Studio its first PowerShell language support. He gives freely to the Microsoft technology community.
