11---
22description : Details the policies governing support for PowerShell.
3- ms.date : 02/25 /2025
3+ ms.date : 10/22 /2025
44ms.topic : lifecycle
55title : PowerShell Support Lifecycle
66---
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PowerShell follows the [Microsoft Modern Lifecycle Policy][02]. Support dates fo
1515[ .NET Support Policy] [ 06 ] . In this servicing approach, customers can choose Long Term Support (LTS)
1616releases or current releases.
1717
18- An ** LTS** release of PowerShell is built on an ** LTS** release of .NET. Updates to an ** LTS**
18+ An ** LTS** release of PowerShell is an ** LTS** release of .NET. Updates to an ** LTS**
1919release only contain critical security updates and servicing fixes that are designed to minimize
2020impact on existing workloads.
2121
@@ -110,23 +110,23 @@ guarantees of responsiveness or fixes.
110110The PowerShell support lifecycle follows the [ support lifecycle of .NET] [ 06 ] . The following table
111111lists the end-of-support dates for the current versions of PowerShell:
112112
113- | Version | Release Date | End-of-support | .NET Version |
114- | ------------------------ | :----------: | :------------: | ------------------------- |
115- | PowerShell 7.6 (preview) | Future date | Future date | Built on [ .NET 9.0.0 ] [ 14 ] |
116- | PowerShell 7.5 | 23-Jan-2025 | 12-May-2026 | Built on [ .NET 9.0.0 ] [ 14 ] |
117- | PowerShell 7.4 (LTS) | 16-Nov-2023 | 10-Nov-2026 | Built on [ .NET 8.0.0 ] [ 13 ] |
113+ | Version | Release Date | End-of-support | .NET Version |
114+ | ------------------------ | :----------: | :------------: | --------------- |
115+ | PowerShell 7.6 (preview) | Future date | Future date | [ .NET 10.0 ] [ 19 ] |
116+ | PowerShell 7.5 | 23-Jan-2025 | 12-May-2026 | [ .NET 9.0] [ 14 ] |
117+ | PowerShell 7.4 (LTS) | 16-Nov-2023 | 10-Nov-2026 | [ .NET 8.0] [ 13 ] |
118118
119119The following table lists the end-of-support dates for retired versions of PowerShell:
120120
121- | Version | Release Date | End-of-support | .NET Version |
122- | -------------------- | :----------: | :------------: | ---------------------------- |
123- | PowerShell 7.3 | 09-Nov-2022 | 08-May-2024 | Built on [ .NET 7.0] [ 12 ] |
124- | PowerShell 7.2 (LTS) | 08-Nov-2021 | 08-Nov-2024 | Built on [ .NET 6.0] [ 11 ] |
125- | PowerShell 7.1 | 11-Nov-2020 | 08-May-2022 | Built on [ .NET 5.0] [ 10 ] |
126- | PowerShell 7.0 (LTS) | 04-Mar-2020 | 03-Dec-2022 | Built on [ .NET Core 3.1] [ 09 ] |
127- | PowerShell 6.2 | 29-Mar-2019 | 04-Sep-2020 | Built on [ .NET Core 2.1] [ 08 ] |
128- | PowerShell 6.1 | 13-Sep-2018 | 28-Sep-2019 | Built on [ .NET Core 2.1] [ 08 ] |
129- | PowerShell 6.0 | 20-Jan-2018 | 13-Feb-2019 | Built on [ .NET Core 2.0] [ 07 ] |
121+ | Version | Release Date | End-of-support | .NET Version |
122+ | -------------------- | :----------: | :------------: | ------------------- |
123+ | PowerShell 7.3 | 09-Nov-2022 | 08-May-2024 | [ .NET 7.0] [ 12 ] |
124+ | PowerShell 7.2 (LTS) | 08-Nov-2021 | 08-Nov-2024 | [ .NET 6.0] [ 11 ] |
125+ | PowerShell 7.1 | 11-Nov-2020 | 08-May-2022 | [ .NET 5.0] [ 10 ] |
126+ | PowerShell 7.0 (LTS) | 04-Mar-2020 | 03-Dec-2022 | [ .NET Core 3.1] [ 09 ] |
127+ | PowerShell 6.2 | 29-Mar-2019 | 04-Sep-2020 | [ .NET Core 2.1] [ 08 ] |
128+ | PowerShell 6.1 | 13-Sep-2018 | 28-Sep-2019 | [ .NET Core 2.1] [ 08 ] |
129+ | PowerShell 6.0 | 20-Jan-2018 | 13-Feb-2019 | [ .NET Core 2.0] [ 07 ] |
130130
131131## Windows PowerShell release history
132132
@@ -168,3 +168,4 @@ you're running:
168168[ 16 ] : https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/new/choose
169169[ 17 ] : https://support.microsoft.com/contactus
170170[ 18 ] : https://support.serviceshub.microsoft.com/
171+ [ 19 ] : https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/supported-os.md
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