[7.1.0-rc.1] - 2020-09-29

* Engine Updates and Fixes

- Make fixes to `ComInterop` code as suggested by .NET team (#13533)

* General Cmdlet Updates and Fixes

- Fix case where exception message contains just '`n' on Windows (#13684)
- Recognize `CONOUT$` and `CONIN$` as reserved device names (#13508) (Thanks @davidreis97!)
- Fix `ConciseView` for interactive advanced function when writing error (#13623)

* Code Cleanup

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<summary>

<p>We thank the following contributors!</p>
<p>@xtqqczze, @soccypowa</p>

</summary>

<ul>
<li>Simplify logical negation (#13555) (Thanks @xtqqczze!)</li>
<li>Fixed the indentation of the help content for <code>-nologo</code> (#13557) (Thanks @soccypowa!)</li>
</ul>

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* Build and Packaging Improvements

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<summary>

<p>We thank the following contributors!</p>
<p>@heaths</p>

</summary>

<ul>
<li>Bump <code>NJsonSchema</code> from 10.1.24 to 10.1.26 (#13586)</li>
<li>Bump <code>PowerShellGet</code> from 2.2.4 to 2.2.5 (#13683)</li>
<li>Bump <code>Microsoft.ApplicationInsights</code> from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0 (#13639)</li>
<li>Update PowerShell to build against dotnet 5.0-RC.1 (#13643)</li>
<li>Write the <code>InstallLocation</code> to fixed registry key (#13576) (Thanks @heaths!)</li>
</ul>

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* Documentation and Help Content

- Update `README` and `metadata.json` for `7.1.0-preview.7` release (#13565)

[7.1.0-rc.1]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/compare/v7.1.0-preview.7...v7.1.0-rc.1