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PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration tool/framework that is optimized for dealing with structured data (e.g. JSON, CSV, XML, etc.), REST APIs, and object models. It includes a command-line shell, an associated scripting language and a framework for processing cmdlets.

Release Released Support Status Latest
7.3 3 months ago
(08 Nov 2022)
Yes 7.3.2
(24 Jan 2023)
7.2 (LTS) 1 year and 3 months ago
(05 Nov 2021)
Ends in 1 year and 9 months
(30 Nov 2024)
7.2.9
(24 Jan 2023)
7.1 2 years and 3 months ago
(11 Nov 2020)
Ended 8 months ago
(31 May 2022)
7.1.7
7.0 (LTS) 2 years and 11 months ago
(03 Mar 2020)
Ended 2 months and 1 week ago
(03 Dec 2022)
7.0.13
6.2 3 years and 10 months ago
(28 Mar 2019)
Ended 2 years and 5 months ago
(04 Sep 2020)
6.2.7
6.1 4 years ago
(13 Sep 2018)
Ended 3 years and 4 months ago
(28 Sep 2019)
6.1.6
6.0 5 years ago
(10 Jan 2018)
Ended 4 years ago
(13 Feb 2019)
6.0.5

PowerShell follows the Modern Lifecycle Policy.

More information is available on the Microsoft PowerShell website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
pwsh -v

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This page was last updated on 25 January 2023. Latest releases are automatically updated.