August 5, 2020

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Hmmmm you know what Azure PowerShell is lacking? Some Predictive Intellisense

Hmmmm you know what Azure PowerShell is lacking? Some Predictive Intellisense

Az Predictor aims to spare little grey cells the effort of tracking thousands of cmdlets The Azure PowerShell team has unveiled Az Predictor, a handy command line helper aimed at easing casual users into the often complicated cmdlet world of PowerShell.…

Date: 2020-11-11

URL: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/11/11/az_predictor/

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