title	ms.date	keywords	description	ms.topic	author	manager	ms.prod	ms.technology
Windows Management Framework (WMF)	2016-05-16	PowerShell, WMF		article	keithb	dongill	powershell	WMF

Windows Management Framework

Windows Management Framework (WMF) is the delivery mechanism that provides a consistent management interface across the various flavors of Windows and Windows Server. With the installation of WMF, customers get a seamless way to interoperate between mixes of OSes in their environment. WMF makes the updates to management functionality, in a given release of Windows and Windows Server, available for installation on lower versions (typically, 2 lower versions) of Windows and Windows Server.

WMF installation adds and/or updates the following features:

• Windows PowerShell
• Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
• Windows PowerShell Integrated Script Environment (ISE)
• Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
• Windows PowerShell Web Services (Management OData IIS Extension)
• Software Inventory Logging (SIL)
• Server Manager CIM Provider

WMF Release Notes

To learn about various enhancements in PowerShell and other components of a given WMF, please refer to the links below to review the release notes:

• WMF 5.1 (Preview)
• WMF 5.0

WMF Availability Across Windows Operating Systems

TODO: Add links to specific WMF DLC on the column header

Operating System Version	WMF 5.1 Preview*	WMF 5.0	WMF 4.0	WMF 3.0	WMF (2.0)
Windows Server 2016	Ships in-box*	Ships in-box*
Windows 10	Ships in-box*	Ships in-box*
Windows Server 2012 R2	??	Yes	Ships in-box
Windows 8.1	??	Yes	Ships in-box
Windows Server 2012	??	Yes	Yes	Ships in-box
Windows 8				Ships in-box
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1	??	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ships in-box
Windows 7 SP1	??	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ships in-box
Windows Server 2008 SP2				Yes	Yes
Windows Vista					Yes
Windows Server 2003					Yes
Windows XP					Yes

TODO: Explain * in the above table