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 | End-of-support | Release Date |
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+| Version | Release Date | End-of-support |
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−| 7.4 (LTS) | November 10, 2026 | November 16, 2023 |
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+| 7.4 (LTS) | November 16, 2023 | November 10, 2026 |
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The following table lists the end-of-support dates for retired versions of PowerShell:
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−| Version | End-of-support | Release Date |
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+| Version | Release Date | End-of-support |
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−| 7.2 (LTS) | November 8, 2024 | November 8, 2021 |
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−| 7.3 | May 8, 2024 | November 9, 2022 |
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−| 7.0 (LTS) | December 3, 2022 | March 4, 2020 |
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−| 7.1 | May 8, 2022 | November 11, 2020 |
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−| 6.2 | September 4, 2020 | March 28, 2019 |
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−| 6.1 | September 28, 2019 | September 13, 2018 |
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−| 6.0 | February 13, 2019 | January 20, 2018 |
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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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## Release history
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| Version | Release Date | Note |
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−| PowerShell 7.5 (preview) | Future | Built on [.NET 9.0.0][14] |
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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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