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description: How to use PowerShell that's preinstalled in a Docker image.
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ms.date: 08/01/2024
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description: How to use PowerShell in a Docker image.
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ms.date: 03/11/2025
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ms.devlang: powershell
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ms.topic: conceptual
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title: Using PowerShell in Docker
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title: Use PowerShell in Docker
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# Using PowerShell in Docker
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# Use PowerShell in Docker
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We publish Docker images with PowerShell preinstalled. This article shows you how to get
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started using PowerShell in the Docker container.
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The .NET team publishes Docker images with PowerShell preinstalled. This article shows you how to
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get started using PowerShell in the Docker container.
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## Finding available images
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## Find available images
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The released images require Docker 17.05 or newer. It's also expected that you are able to run
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Docker without `sudo` or local administrative rights. Please follow Docker's official
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[instructions][01] to install `docker` correctly.
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These images require Docker 17.05 or newer. Also, you must be able to run Docker without `sudo` or
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local administrative rights. For install instructions, see Docker's official [documentation][02].
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The release containers derive from the official distribution image, then install dependencies, and
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finally install the PowerShell package.
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The .NET team publishes several Docker images designed for different development scenarios. Only the
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image for the .NET SDK contains PowerShell. For more information, see
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[Official .NET Docker images][01].
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These containers live at [Microsoft Artifact Registry][05].
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## Use PowerShell in a container
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For more information about these Docker images, visit the [PowerShell-Docker][02] repository on
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GitHub.
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## Using PowerShell in a container
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The following steps show the Docker commands required to download the image containing the latest
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available stable version of PowerShell and start an interactive PowerShell session.
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The following command downloads the image containing the latest available stable versions of the
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.NET SDK and PowerShell.
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```console
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docker run -it mcr.microsoft.com/powershell
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docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0
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```
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Use the following command to download and run the image containing the latest available preview
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version of PowerShell.
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```console
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docker run -it mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:preview
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```
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> The Docker images are built from official operating system (OS) images provide by the OS
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> distributor. These images may not have the latest security updates. Microsoft recommends that you
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> update the OS packages to the latest version to ensure the latest security updates are applied.
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### Remove the image when no longer needed
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The following command is used to delete the Docker image when you no longer need it.
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Use the following command to start an interactive PowerShell session in the container.
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```console
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docker rmi mcr.microsoft.com/powershell
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docker run -it mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0 pwsh
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```
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## Legal and Licensing
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To download and run the latest Long Term Support (LTS) version of PowerShell, change the image name
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to `mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0`. When you use these image tags, Docker downloads the
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appropriate image for your host operating system. If you want an image for a specific operating
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system, you can specify the operating system in the image tag. See the
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[Microsoft Artifact Registry][07] for a list of available tags.
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PowerShell is licensed under the [MIT license][03].
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- For more information about tags, the [Supported tag policy][06]
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- For more information about supported operating systems, see the [Supported platforms policy][05]
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### Windows Docker file and image licenses
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## Support lifecycle
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By requesting and using the Container OS Image for Windows containers, you acknowledge, understand,
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and consent to the Supplemental License Terms available on Docker hub:
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The [.NET support policy][03] defines how these images are supported. These images are provided for
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development and testing purposes only. If you need a production-ready image, you should build your
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own images. For more information about these Docker images, visit the [dotnet-docker][04] repository
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on GitHub.
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- [Window Server Core][06]
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- [Nano Server][04]
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The images previously published by the PowerShell team will be marked as deprecated in the Microsoft
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Container Registry (MCR).
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### Telemetry
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## Telemetry
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By default, PowerShell collects limited telemetry without personally identifiable information to
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help aid development of future versions of PowerShell. To opt-out of sending telemetry, create an
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environment variable called `POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT` set to a value of `1` before starting
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PowerShell from the installed location. The telemetry we collect falls under the
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[Microsoft Privacy Statement][07].
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By default, PowerShell collects limited telemetry without personal data to help aid development of
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future versions of PowerShell. To opt-out of sending telemetry, create an environment variable
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called `POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT` set to a value of `1` before starting PowerShell from the
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installed location. The telemetry we collect falls under the [Microsoft Privacy Statement][08].
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<!-- link references -->
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[01]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/
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[02]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell-Docker
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[03]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/tree/master/LICENSE.txt
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[04]: https://mcr.microsoft.com/product/windows/nanoserver
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[05]: https://mcr.microsoft.com/product/powershell
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[06]: https://mcr.microsoft.com/product/windows/servercore
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[07]: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement/
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[01]: /dotnet/architecture/microservices/net-core-net-framework-containers/official-net-docker-images
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[02]: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/
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[03]: https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/support.md
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[04]: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker
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[05]: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/documentation/supported-platforms.md
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[06]: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/blob/main/documentation/supported-tags.md
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[07]: https://mcr.microsoft.com/en-us/artifact/mar/dotnet/sdk/about
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[08]: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement/

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