Add Chef Infra Client 16.8 release notes16.8_notes

Prep the release

Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>

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 This file holds "in progress" release notes for the current release under development and is intended for consumption by the Chef Documentation team. Please see <https://docs.chef.io/release_notes/> for the official Chef release notes.
 
+# What's New in 16.8
+
+## Updated Resources
+
+### dsc_resourse / dsc_script
+
+The `dsc_resourse` and `dsc_script` resources have been updated to use the `powershell_exec` helper for significantly improved performance executing the PowerShell commands.
+
+### hostname
+
+The `hostname` resource has been updated to prevent failures when the default system hostname is set on macOS hosts.
+
+### remote_file
+
+The `remote_file` resource has been updated to use certificates located in Chef Infra Client's `trusted_certificates` directory. Thanks for reporting this issue [@carguel](https://github.com/carguel/)
+
+### windows_certificate
+
+The `windows_certificate` has been updated with a new `exportable` property that marks pfx as exportable in the certificate store.
+
+## Ohai Improvements
+
+- A new optional `Grub2` plugin can be enabled to expose GRUB2 environment variables.
+- Linode cloud detection has been improved.
+
+## Platform Packages
+
+We are once again building packages for Solaris on Sparc and x86 platforms.
+
 # What's New in 16.7
 
 ## Performance Enhancements
@@ -18,7 +47,7 @@ We've updated the release of `chef-vault` bundled with Chef Infra Client to 4.1.
 
 ### build_essential
 
-The `build_essential` resource has been updated to resolve idempotency issues and greatly improve performance on macOS hosts. 
+The `build_essential` resource has been updated to resolve idempotency issues and greatly improve performance on macOS hosts.
 
 ### chef_client_config