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Microsoft is planning to bring the Sudo command toWindows 11.

Now, this command is also available for the Windows 11 Terminal.

Microsoft has introduced the Sudo command to the Windows 11Insider Canary & Dev channels.

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This release has been announced with theWindows 11 Insider Build 26052.

If all goes well, Microsoft will pretty soon introduce the command to Windows 11 stable as well.

Instead, they can run any task with elevated privileges using the Sudo command.

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Additionally, Microsoft is making this project open-source.

This means that the developers can contribute to it, or manipulate the source code to customize the command.

The open-source Sudo command can be found here onGitHub.

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The Sudo command will allow users to elevate certain commands while running others with regular (standard) privileges.

However, you’ve got the option to enable and configure it from the options app.

This is the default configuration option when sudo is enabled.

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This configuration is most similar to the behavior of sudo on other operating systems, like Linux.

This means the new elevated process can take in input and route output to the current window.

This makes this mode the most versatile of all.

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Scroll down and toggle the slider in front of Enable Sudo to theOnposition.

Note:The Sudo command prefs first appeared inWindows Server.

However, according to theWindows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052announcement, it appeared accidentally and will soon be removed.

The Sudo command will not be introduced to the Windows Server.

You will now have successfully enabled and configured how you want the Sudo command to run.

Now go ahead and launch the Sudo command inside the Windows terminal.

However, that one is only limited to functions for the Linux distros.

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