Microsoft Windows PowerShell

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Microsoft Windows PowerShell 5.1 is the newest actively maintained release. 1 of 6 tracked cycles remain supported.

Latest version

5.1

Actively maintained cycles

1

of 6 tracked

Total cycles tracked

6

since Nov 14, 2006

Support pattern

How Microsoft Windows PowerShell has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

126 mo (~10.5 years)

median of 5 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

29 months

median gap between releases

Compared with language

+110 mo

longer than the language median

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Microsoft Windows PowerShell. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life
Today
5.1Latest
5.1 · —
5.0
EOL Aug 2, 2016
4.0
EOL Oct 10, 2023
3.0
EOL Oct 10, 2023
2.0
EOL Jan 14, 2020
1.0
EOL Jan 14, 2020
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