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PowerShell Module

PowerShell module

The businessdev.ALbuild PowerShell module is the engine of ALbuild, organised into nine use-case modules. Both the Azure DevOps extension and the VS Code extension are thin shells over it, so everything the toolchain can do is available here as plain PowerShell.

• Version: see the PowerShell Gallery
• Requires: PowerShell 5.1 or 7+ (dual-target)
• Packaging: one Gallery package, one version, composed of use-case nested modules.

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Installation

Code
# install once: one package, all areas
Install-Module businessdev.ALbuild -Scope CurrentUser
Import-Module businessdev.ALbuild

# confirm
Get-Command -Module businessdev.ALbuild

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Module reference

Each module page is generated from the cmdlets' own comment-based help, so it always lists the complete set as shipped.

Licensed cmdlets call Assert-ALbuildLicensed on entry. See Licensing & tiers.

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How the reference pages are organised

Each module page opens with a table of its cmdlets, then documents every cmdlet in full:

• Synopsis & description: what it does and the important behaviour.
• Syntax: the parameter signature.
• Parameters: a table with type, whether it is required, allowed values, defaults and a description.
• Output: what the cmdlet returns.
• Examples: worked invocations.

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Common workflows

• Build & test an app → Find-BcArtifactUrl → New-BcContainer → Resolve-BcDependencies → Invoke-BcCompiler → Publish-BcContainerApp → Invoke-BcContainerTest → Remove-BcContainer.
• Sign & package → Invoke-BcAppSigning → New-BcNuGetPackage → Publish-BcPackage.
• Deploy (licensed) → Publish-BcPerTenantExtension / Publish-BcOnPremApp / Submit-BcMarketplaceApp.
• Measure coverage & test quality → Convert-BcCodeCoverage → Test-BcCodeCoverageThreshold / Get-BcCodeCoverageDelta / Get-BcTestQuality. See Code coverage.
• Build runtime packages (licensed) → Get-BcRuntimeWorkSet → Invoke-BcRuntimeFactory. See Runtime packages.
• Reproduce a pipeline locally → Invoke-ALbuildPipeline.