PowerShell
Everything ChangeIntel collected about PowerShell from 19 sources, on one timeline.
Support timeline
From first preview through release to end of support, as the vendors publish them- The newest supported line is PowerShell 7.6 LTS on .NET 10.0, supported until 14 Nov 2028.
- PowerShell 7.6.6 (10.0.12), 7.5.11 (9.0.20) and 7.4.20 (8.0.31) each ship the newest .NET patch of their line.
- PowerShell usually ships a new .NET patch within 6 days (median over its last 21 .NET patches).
- In preview: PowerShell 7.7.0-preview.5 on .NET 11.0.0-rc.1, published 23 Sep 2026.
.NET 11.0Preview11.0.0-rc.1 · STS · go-live preview
PowerShell PreviewPreview7.7.0-preview.5 · no support date yet
.NET 10.0LTS10.0.12 · until 14 Nov 2028 (in 25 months)
PowerShell 7.6 LTSLTS7.6.6 · until 14 Nov 2028 (in 25 months)
.NET 9.0STS9.0.20 · until 10 Nov 2026 (in 32 days)
PowerShell 7.5Stable7.5.11 · until 10 Nov 2026 (in 32 days)
.NET 8.0LTS8.0.31 · until 10 Nov 2026 (in 32 days)
PowerShell 7.4 LTSLTS7.4.20 · until 10 Nov 2026 (in 32 days)
Ticks are releases; the red ones fix CVEs. Dates come from each vendor's release and lifecycle data and move when the vendor changes them.
Dates ahead
End of support, retirements, and CISA deadlines · next 12 months- End of support · PowerShell 7.5 and PowerShell 7.4 LTS in 32 days · Ends with .NET 9.0 and .NET 8.0 · also in 3 other notices
Sources for PowerShell
19
- PowerShell release noteslatest 23 Sep
- PowerShell releaseslatest 23 Sep
- PowerShell Team Bloglatest 17 Sep
- Evotec (Przemysław Kłys)latest 19 Aug
- Office 365 for IT Pros (Tony Redmond)latest 5 Oct
- PowerShell is fun (Harm Veenstra)latest 2 Oct
- Practical365latest 27 Jan
- Out of Office Hours (Michael Niehaus)latest 3 Mar
- Azure Updateslatest 23 Sep
- Core Infrastructure and Security Bloglatest 28 Sep
- MSEndpointMgrlatest 27 Sep
- Nathan McNultylatest 2 Feb 2025
- Petri IT Knowledgebaselatest 5 Oct
- Exchange Team Bloglatest 1 Oct
- Microsoft 365 Developer Bloglatest 16 Sep
- Microsoft lifecycle end-of-support pages1 date
- MSRC CVE details (CVRF API)latest 14 Jul
- Thomas Naunheim (cloud-architekt.net)latest 16 Sep
- Windows IT Pro Bloglatest 10 Sep