ms.date	01/27/2026
title	README

PowerShell Reference

Reference material is organized into release versions. The content for each version is organized by module name. The about_* articles are in an About folder under the module folder they're related to. Most of them are under Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About.

Modules

Module Name / PS Version	5.1	7.4	7.5	7.6
CimCmdlets	X	X	X	X
ISE (introduced in 2.0)	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive	X	X	X	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core	X	X	X	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics	X	X	X	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.Host	X	X	X	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.Management	X	X	X	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.ODataUtils	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.Validation	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.Security	X	X	X	X
Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility	X	X	X	X
Microsoft.WSMan.Management	X	X	X	X
PSDiagnostics	X	X	X	X
PSReadLine	X	X	X	X
PSScheduledJob	X
PSWorkflow	X
PSWorkflowUtility	X
ThreadJob		X	X	X

History

• PackageManagement and PowerShellGet content moved to the PowerShell-Docs-PSGet repository.
• PSDesiredStateConfiguration content moved to the PowerShell-Docs-DSC repository with the release of PowerShell DSC 2.0.