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No content change seen yet. Watched since 5 Oct 17:50 UTC, last read today 20:00 UTC, next check 21 Oct 02:00 UTC. Microsoft's own edits are listed below.

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From the capture of 5 Oct 17:50 UTC · an earlier observation

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72 recorded changes

Microsoft's revision log on this page · 47 entries

Dates from the page's own change log or history section. They describe earlier edits, not upcoming policy.

Differences between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.xRequirement1 condition
Differences between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.xRequirement1 condition
Be aware of .NET method changesRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
Modules no longer shipped with PowerShellRequirement
PowerShell WorkflowRecommendation1 condition
New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet removedRequirement1 condition
Renamed powershell.exe to pwsh.exeRequirement1 condition
Get-Command
Custom snap-insRequirement
Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderrException3 conditions
Make $ErrorActionPreference not affect stderr output of native commandsRequirement1 condition
ErrorActionPreference
Unify cmdlets with parameter -Encoding to be of type System.Text.EncodingRequirement
AsByteStream
-Verbose and -Debug no longer overrides $ErrorActionPreferenceRequirement
ErrorActionPreference
-Verbose and -Debug no longer overrides $ErrorActionPreferenceRequirement1 condition
ErrorActionPreference
-Verbose and -Debug no longer overrides $ErrorActionPreferenceRequirement
Null-coalescing assignment operator ??=Exception2 conditions
Null-conditional operatorsException1 condition
Null-conditional operatorsRequirement1 condition
New view ConciseView and cmdlet Get-ErrorScope1 condition
Get-Errorcmdlet
Check system32 for compatible built-in modules on WindowsException2 conditions
Get-ModuleImport-Module
Fix Get-Item -LiteralPath a*b if a*b doesn't actually exist to return errorRecommendation3 conditions
Remove -Protocol from *-Computer cmdletsRequirementException1 condition
Fix Get-Content -Delimiter to not include the delimiter in the returned linesRequirement
Get-Content
Add support for the W3C Extended Log File Format in Import-CsvRequirement
Import-Csv
Allow * to be used in registry path for Remove-ItemRecommendation2 conditions
Update-Help as non-adminRequirement
Update-Help
Changes to Web CmdletsException
Invoke-WebRequestInvoke-RestMethod
Changes to Web CmdletsException1 condition
Invoke-WebRequestBasicHtmlWebResponseObject
Changes to Web CmdletsRequirement
Changes to Web CmdletsRequirement
ServicePointManager
Changes to Web CmdletsRecommendation1 condition
Web Cmdlets warn when -Credential is sent over unencrypted connectionsScope3 conditions
AllowUnencryptedAuthentication
Remove AddTypeCommandBase classException1 condition
AddTypeCommandBaseAdd-Type
Removed RunspaceConfiguration supportException2 conditions
InitialSessionState
Cleaned up uses of CommandTypes.Workflow and WorkflowInfoCleanedException1 condition
Cleaned up uses of CommandTypes.Workflow and WorkflowInfoCleanedException1 condition
Telemetry can only be disabled with an environment variableException2 conditions
Telemetry can only be disabled with an environment variableException2 conditions
Telemetry can only be disabled with an environment variableRequirementException1 condition
Telemetry can only be disabled with an environment variableException1 condition

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4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Cleaned up uses of CommandTypes.Workflow and WorkflowInfoCleaned Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Exception added Cleaned up uses of CommandTypes.Workflow and WorkflowInfoCleaned Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Exception added Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Remoting Support Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Remove AddTypeCommandBase class Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Exception added Remove AddTypeCommandBase class Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Requirement added Remove -Protocol from *-Computer cmdlets Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Remove -Protocol from *-Computer cmdlets Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Exception added Telemetry can only be disabled with an environment variable Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Telemetry can only be disabled with an environment variable Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Recommendation added Changes to Web Cmdlets Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5

60 earlier changes

4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Changes to Web Cmdlets Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Group-Object now sorts the groups Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Null-conditional operators Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Remove ClrVersion and BuildVersion properties from $PSVersionTable Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Add Get-StringHash and Get-FileHash cmdlets Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Requirement added Add support for the W3C Extended Log File Format in Import-Csv Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Add support for the W3C Extended Log File Format in Import-Csv Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Allow explicitly specified named parameter to supersede the same one from hashtable splatting Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Requirement added Make $ErrorActionPreference not affect stderr output of native commands Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Make $ErrorActionPreference not affect stderr output of native commands Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet removed Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Requirement added New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet removed Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
Requirement added Null-conditional operators Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
4 Feb 2026
No longer on the page Null-conditional operators Microsoft's source, commit ed225b5
24 Mar 2025
Requirement added Unify cmdlets with parameter -Encoding to be of type System.Text.Encoding Microsoft's source, commit 6557c93
24 Mar 2025
No longer on the page Unify cmdlets with parameter -Encoding to be of type System.Text.Encoding Microsoft's source, commit 6557c93
2 Apr 2024
Requirement added Be aware of .NET method changes Microsoft's source, commit f60b3a4
16 May 2022
Exception added Null-coalescing assignment operator ??=Microsoft's source, commit 2ba2e7e
16 May 2022
Exception added Null-conditional operators Microsoft's source, commit 2ba2e7e
16 May 2022
Recommendation added Null-conditional operators Microsoft's source, commit 2ba2e7e
16 May 2022
Requirement added Null-conditional operators Microsoft's source, commit 2ba2e7e
16 May 2022
Scope added New view ConciseView and cmdlet Get-Error Microsoft's source, commit 2ba2e7e
16 May 2022
No longer on the page Web Cmdlets warn when -Credential is sent over unencrypted connections Microsoft's source, commit 2ba2e7e
16 May 2022
Scope added Web Cmdlets warn when -Credential is sent over unencrypted connections Microsoft's source, commit 2ba2e7e
17 Sep 2021
Exception added Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Recommendation added PowerShell Workflow Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Allow explicitly specified named parameter to supersede the same one from hashtable splatting Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Custom snap-ins Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Make $ErrorActionPreference not affect stderr output of native commands Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet removed Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Renamed powershell.exe to pwsh.exe Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added Unify cmdlets with parameter -Encoding to be of type System.Text.Encoding Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added -Verbose and -Debug no longer overrides $ErrorActionPreference Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
Requirement added -Verbose and -Debug no longer overrides $ErrorActionPreference Microsoft's source, commit c1e5ad3
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Fix $? to not be $false when native command writes to stderr Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page PowerShell Workflow Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Allow explicitly specified named parameter to supersede the same one from hashtable splatting Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Custom snap-ins Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Make $ErrorActionPreference not affect stderr output of native commands Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Modules no longer shipped with PowerShell Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet removed Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Renamed powershell.exe to pwsh.exe Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page Unify cmdlets with parameter -Encoding to be of type System.Text.Encoding Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page -Verbose and -Debug no longer overrides $ErrorActionPreference Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658
17 Sep 2021
No longer on the page -Verbose and -Debug no longer overrides $ErrorActionPreference Microsoft's source, commit f6d5658

Observed history and review priority

Captured 5 Oct 17:50 UTC; extracted 16 Oct 16:10 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c/legacy.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 23

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12 Oct 19:50 UTC · 43 candidates
6 Oct 17:57 UTC · 49 candidates
5 Oct 17:50 UTC · 49 candidates
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8 Apr 20:58 UTC · 43 candidates
4 Feb 19:33 UTC · 43 candidates
24 Mar 2025 19:13 UTC · 51 candidates
2 Apr 2024 18:13 UTC · 51 candidates
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18 Mar 2022 18:47 UTC · 45 candidates
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1 Sep 2021 17:42 UTC · 45 candidates
29 Jul 2021 16:45 UTC · 45 candidates
21 Jul 2021 19:03 UTC · 45 candidates
21 Jul 2021 18:14 UTC · 45 candidates

Microsoft's edits

History on GitHub

Commits to the page's source in MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs, with Microsoft's own messages. Commit dates can be hours or days before Learn publishes the change. ChangeIntel keeps a copy of each diff, so an edit stays readable here if GitHub stops serving it. Read 19 Oct 23:40 UTC.

16 Jun 18:43 UTC Update differences-from-windows-powershell.md with new links (#13086) Served on LearnView diff
8 Apr 20:58 UTC (AB-568561) `[switch]` parameter in conceptual docs (#12939) View diff
4 Feb 19:33 UTC Add note about using Invoke-Command for remoting (#12735) View diff
24 Mar 2025 19:13 UTC Fix incorrect case/capitalization in ref docs (#11946) View diff
2 Apr 2024 18:13 UTC Fixes #10997 - Add note about .NET method overloads (#10998) View diff
18 Nov 2023 15:28 UTC Update differences-from-windows-powershell.md (#10656) View diff
28 Jun 2023 19:29 UTC Update version numbers for new releases (#10213) View diff
16 Nov 2022 23:26 UTC Fixes #9449 - Freshness review of aging content - part 1 (#9451) View diff
14 Nov 2022 19:55 UTC Update 7.3-preview references for GA (#9437) View diff
1 Nov 2022 19:41 UTC Update monthly stats (#9389) View diff
28 Oct 2022 15:28 UTC Add list of aliases not available on unix (#9381) View diff
13 Sep 2022 19:24 UTC (AB#5908) Fix broken links (#9211) View diff
16 May 2022 20:01 UTC Update differences rollup to include 7.x change (#8818) View diff
18 Mar 2022 18:47 UTC Add .NET 5 breaking change for string comparisons (#8672) View diff
17 Sep 2021 22:11 UTC Fix damaged file (#8107) View diff
17 Sep 2021 19:27 UTC Cleanup metadata frontmatter (#8105) View diff
1 Sep 2021 17:42 UTC Fixes #8032 - fix or remove broken links (#8036) View diff
29 Jul 2021 16:45 UTC Fixes #7786 - fix ref links fr localization (#7878) View diff
21 Jul 2021 19:03 UTC fix typos (#7827) View diff
21 Jul 2021 18:14 UTC Remove "Core" from branding in release notes (#7825) View diff

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Keep Windows activation automation working with PowerShell
Community source · 16 Oct 2026
Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell Update 29
Community source · 14 Oct 2026
Tracking File-Level Archiving Activity in SharePoint Online with PowerShell
Public source · 13 Oct 2026
Microsoft PowerShell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Public source · 13 Oct 2026
Microsoft PowerShell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Retained observations

12 Oct 19:50 UTC
9 removed passages (about 50 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.
6 Oct 17:57 UTC
Source metadata changed; retained article content is unchanged.
5 Oct 17:50 UTC · shown above

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