I wrote an MSDN blog post a few years back (here) that demonstrated how to run PowerShell scripts by hosting the PowerShell runtime inside a C# / .NET application. A few things have changed since that post; including the introduction of .NET Core and PowerShell Core, better async support, and a few new best practices.

In this article we will jump forward to take a look at runspace execution for PowerShell Core and .NET Core applications. Including topics like project setup, runspace usage examples, stream handling, shared app domain use cases, and some helpful troubleshooting tips.

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