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Microsoft is not bringing sudo to Windows Server 2025 after all

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Max Buondonno/ZDNET Update: As it turns out, Microsoft isn’t planning on bringing the power of sudo to Windows Server 2025 and, instead, plans on adding it to an upcoming consumer release of Windows 11. According to the Microsoft Devblog for February 7, 2024, sudo has arrived in the Canary and Dev Channel for Windows 11 … Read more

Microsoft is bringing Linux’s sudo command to Windows 11

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Windows 11 will soon have a built-in sudo command designed for developers. Sudo, short for “superuser do,” is widely used on Unix-based operating systems like Linux and macOS to run programs with higher security privileges or as another user. It’s useful for developers wanting to test scripts, for example. Microsoft is using sudo inside Windows … Read more