PowerShell versions

Let’s take a closer look on how to identify the powerShell version installed.

We can check the version by using $psversiontable or get-host ($psversiontable is first available from version 2.0).

Version 1.0

Version 1.0 is available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926139

Version 2.0

Version 2.0 is available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7  and Windows Server 2008 R2..

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929/en-us

Version 3.0

Version 3.0 is available for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595

Version 4.0

Version 4.0 is available for Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855

Version 5.0

Public preview November 2014

Version 5.0 is available in the Windows Management Framework 5.0 public preview.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44987

Windows 10 build 9926:

Lars Lohmann

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