It can run multiple command-line apps, including text-based shells in a multi-tabbed window. The first stable version of the project (version 1.0) was on May 19, 2020, at which point, Microsoft started releasing preview versions as the Windows Terminal Preview app, which could be installed side-by-side with the stable version.

The first preview release was version 0.2, which appeared on July 10, 2019. Windows Terminal was announced at Microsoft's Build 2019 developer conference in May 2019 as a modern alternative for Windows Console, and Windows Terminal's source code first appeared on GitHub on May 3, 2019. Windows Terminal comes with its own rendering back-end starting with version 1.11 on Windows 11, command-line apps can run using this newer back-end instead of the old Windows Console.

It is preconfigured to run Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL, SSH, and Azure Cloud Shell Connector. It can run any command-line app in a separate tab. Windows Terminal is a multi-tabbed terminal emulator that Microsoft has developed for Windows 10 and later as a replacement for Windows Console. Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2022

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