upgrade powershell

Question

Hi All

I am using the below powershell version on Windows Server 2019. How do i upgrade the powershell to latest version. is winget supported on Windows Server 2019 please guide me with the syntax.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Major Minor Build Revision

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5 1 17763 5122

Answer 1

Hi Rising Flight,

The latest version of Windows PowerShell is 5.1. If you want to install PowerShell Core, you can download the latest version of MSI package which is currently 7.4 from GitHub.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-windows?view=powershell-7.4

https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

Winget is not currently supported on Windows Server 2019.

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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