MSDN: Windows powershell to powershell core upgrade

Question

We are planning to upgrade Windows powershell 3.0 to powershell core 7.x into our application. In good number of .NET framework application which calls powershell.exe . My question here is from

(1) Calling pwsh.exe (Powershell core) from .NET framework application do we see any challenges? Because Powershell core requires .NET core runtime.

(2) I have written some of the powershell script and tested using PS 3 latter If I install PS 4 then I can use the version -2 instead of 3.0 to run powershell scripts. In case when I upgrade to 5.1 will it support version -2.0, 3.0 4.0 and 5.0 powershell script or I will face 3.0 version compatibility issue.

Can you please clarify.

Answer 1

Hi，

Windows PowerShell 5.1 is compatible with the previous versions and your scripts tested in version 3.0 should work fine. For the first question, as it's more related to .net framework you can start a new thread with a dotnet tag.

Best Regards，
Ian Xue

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