Skip to content
Merged
Show file tree
Hide file tree
Changes from all commits
Commits
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension

Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions reference/docs-conceptual/how-to-use-docs.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
description: This articles explains how to use the features of this site including search filtering and version selection.
ms.date: 11/02/2024
ms.date: 01/17/2025
ms.topic: how-to
title: How to use the PowerShell documentation
---
Expand All @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ title: How to use the PowerShell documentation
Welcome to the PowerShell online documentation. This site contains cmdlet reference for the
following versions of PowerShell:

- PowerShell 7.5 (preview)
- PowerShell 7.6 (preview)
- PowerShell 7.5 (RC)
- PowerShell 7.4 (LTS)
- PowerShell 5.1

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ can choose **Previous Versions** from the version selector.

![Screenshot of the Previous Versions option.](media/how-to-use-docs/previous-versions.gif)

This site contains documentation for the following topics:
The previous versions site contains documentation for the following topics:

- PowerShell 7.3
- PowerShell 7.2
Expand Down
25 changes: 13 additions & 12 deletions reference/docs-conceptual/install/PowerShell-Support-Lifecycle.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
description: Details the policies governing support for PowerShell.
ms.date: 05/09/2024
ms.date: 01/17/2025
ms.topic: lifecycle
title: PowerShell Support Lifecycle
---
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -110,29 +110,30 @@ guarantees of responsiveness or fixes.
The PowerShell support lifecycle follows the [support lifecycle of .NET][06]. The following table
lists the end-of-support dates for the current versions of PowerShell:

| Version | End-of-support | Release Date |
| Version | Release Date | End-of-support |
| --------- | ------------------ | ------------------ |
| 7.4 (LTS) | November 10, 2026 | November 16, 2023 |
| 7.4 (LTS) | November 16, 2023 | November 10, 2026 |

The following table lists the end-of-support dates for retired versions of PowerShell:

| Version | End-of-support | Release Date |
| Version | Release Date | End-of-support |
| --------- | ------------------ | ------------------ |
| 7.2 (LTS) | November 8, 2024 | November 8, 2021 |
| 7.3 | May 8, 2024 | November 9, 2022 |
| 7.0 (LTS) | December 3, 2022 | March 4, 2020 |
| 7.1 | May 8, 2022 | November 11, 2020 |
| 6.2 | September 4, 2020 | March 28, 2019 |
| 6.1 | September 28, 2019 | September 13, 2018 |
| 6.0 | February 13, 2019 | January 20, 2018 |
| 7.3 | November 9, 2022 | May 8, 2024 |
| 7.2 (LTS) | November 8, 2021 | November 8, 2024 |
| 7.0 (LTS) | March 4, 2020 | December 3, 2022 |
| 7.1 | November 11, 2020 | May 8, 2022 |
| 6.2 | March 28, 2019 | September 4, 2020 |
| 6.1 | September 13, 2018 | September 28, 2019 |
| 6.0 | January 20, 2018 | February 13, 2019 |

## Release history

The following table contains a historical timeline of the major releases of PowerShell.

| Version | Release Date | Note |
| ------------------------ | :----------: | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| PowerShell 7.5 (preview) | Future | Built on [.NET 9.0.0][14] |
| PowerShell 7.6 (preview) | Future | Built on [.NET 9.0.0][14] |
| PowerShell 7.5 (RC) | Future | Built on [.NET 9.0.0][14] |
| PowerShell 7.4 (LTS) | Nov-2023 | Built on [.NET 8.0.0][13] |
| PowerShell 7.3 | Nov-2022 | Built on [.NET 7.0][12] |
| PowerShell 7.2 (LTS) | Nov-2021 | Built on [.NET 6.0][11] |
Expand Down