PowerShell support lifecycle
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description: Details the policies governing support for PowerShell.
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title: PowerShell Support Lifecycle
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The PowerShell support lifecycle follows the [support lifecycle of .NET][06]. The following table
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lists the end-of-support dates for the current versions of PowerShell:
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−| Version | Release Date | End-of-support |
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−| --------- | ------------------ | ------------------ |
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−| 7.4 (LTS) | November 16, 2023 | November 10, 2026 |
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+| Version | Release Date | End-of-support | .NET Version |
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+| ------------------------ | :----------: | :------------: | ------------------------- |
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+| PowerShell 7.6 (preview) | Future date | Future date | Built on [.NET 9.0.0][14] |
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+| PowerShell 7.5 | 23-Jan-2025 | 12-May-2026 | Built on [.NET 9.0.0][14] |
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+| PowerShell 7.4 (LTS) | 16-Nov-2023 | 10-Nov-2026 | Built on [.NET 8.0.0][13] |
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The following table lists the end-of-support dates for retired versions of PowerShell:
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−| Version | Release Date | End-of-support |
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−| --------- | ------------------ | ------------------ |
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−| 7.3 | November 9, 2022 | May 8, 2024 |
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−| 7.2 (LTS) | November 8, 2021 | November 8, 2024 |
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−| 7.0 (LTS) | March 4, 2020 | December 3, 2022 |
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−| 7.1 | November 11, 2020 | May 8, 2022 |
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−| 6.2 | March 28, 2019 | September 4, 2020 |
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−| 6.1 | September 13, 2018 | September 28, 2019 |
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−| 6.0 | January 20, 2018 | February 13, 2019 |
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+| Version | Release Date | End-of-support | .NET Version |
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+| -------------------- | :----------: | :------------: | ---------------------------- |
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+| PowerShell 7.3 | 09-Nov-2022 | 08-May-2024 | Built on [.NET 7.0][12] |
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+| PowerShell 7.2 (LTS) | 08-Nov-2021 | 08-Nov-2024 | Built on [.NET 6.0][11] |
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+| PowerShell 7.0 (LTS) | 04-Mar-2020 | 03-Dec-2022 | Built on [.NET 5.0][10] |
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+| PowerShell 7.1 | 11-Nov-2020 | 08-May-2022 | Built on [.NET Core 3.1][09] |
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+| PowerShell 6.2 | 29-Mar-2019 | 04-Sep-2020 | Built on [.NET Core 2.1][08] |
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+| PowerShell 6.1 | 13-Sep-2018 | 28-Sep-2019 | Built on [.NET Core 2.1][08] |
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+| PowerShell 6.0 | 20-Jan-2018 | 13-Feb-2019 | Built on [.NET Core 2.0][07] |
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−## Release history
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+## Windows PowerShell release history
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−The following table contains a historical timeline of the major releases of PowerShell.
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+The following table contains a historical timeline of the major releases of Windows PowerShell.
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+Microsoft no longer supports Windows PowerShell versions lower than 5.1.
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| Version | Release Date | Note |
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−| PowerShell 7.6 (preview) | Future | Built on [.NET 9.0.0][14] |
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−| PowerShell 7.5 (RC) | Future | Built on [.NET 9.0.0][14] |
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−| PowerShell 7.4 (LTS) | Nov-2023 | Built on [.NET 8.0.0][13] |
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−| PowerShell 7.3 | Nov-2022 | Built on [.NET 7.0][12] |
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−| PowerShell 7.2 (LTS) | Nov-2021 | Built on [.NET 6.0][11] |
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−| PowerShell 7.1 | Nov-2020 | Built on [.NET 5.0][10] |
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−| PowerShell 7.0 (LTS) | Mar-2020 | Built on [.NET Core 3.1][09] |
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−| PowerShell 6.2 | Mar-2019 | Built on [.NET Core 2.1][08] |
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−| PowerShell 6.1 | Sep-2018 | Built on [.NET Core 2.1][08] |
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−| PowerShell 6.0 | Jan-2018 | Built on [.NET Core 2.0][07]. Installable on Windows, Linux, and macOS |
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| Windows PowerShell 5.1 | Aug-2016 | Released in Windows 10 Anniversary Update and Windows Server 2016, WMF 5.1 |
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| Windows PowerShell 5.0 | Feb-2016 | Released in Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 |
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| Windows PowerShell 4.0 | Oct-2013 | Released in Windows 8.1 and with Windows Server 2012 R2, WMF 4.0 |
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