PowerShell Reference

Reference material is organized into release versions.

• 3.0
• 4.0
• 5.0
• 5.1

The content for each version is organized by namespace, and a distinct folder for the about topics.

Over time, namespaces appeared as:

• ISE, introduced in 3.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive, introduced in 5.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Core, introduced in 3.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics, introduced in 3.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Host, introduced in 3.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts, introduced in 5.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Management, introduced in 3.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.ODataUtils, introduced in 5.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Security, introduced in 3.0
• Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility, introduced in 3.0
• Microsoft.WSMan.Management, introduced in 3.0
• PackageManagement, introduced in 5.0
• PowerShellGet, introduced in 5.0
• PSDesiredStateConfiguration, introduced in 4.0
• PSReadline, introduced in 3.0
• PSScheduledJob, introduced in 5.0
• PSScriptAnalyzer, introduced in 3.0
• PSWorkflow, introduced in 3.0
• PSWorkflowUtility, introduced in 3.0