PowerShell

E37350

command-line shell configuration management framework scripting language task automation framework

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, featuring a powerful command-line shell and scripting language built on .NET.

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Windows PowerShell	0	3
PowerShell (Core)	0	1
PowerShell 5.1	0	1
PowerShell 7	0	1
PowerShell 7.1	0	1
PowerShell 7.2	0	1
PowerShell 7.3	0	1
PowerShell Console	0	1
PowerShell ISE	0	1
Windows PowerShell 2.0	0	1

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	command-line shell → configuration management framework → scripting language → task automation framework →
basedOn	.NET Framework → surface form: .NET
currentName	PowerShell self-link →
defaultShellOn	Windows Server Core (some versions) →
developer	Microsoft →
documentation	https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/ →
fileExtension	.ps1 → .ps1xml → .psd1 → .psm1 → .psrc → .pssc →
hasDesignGoal	enable object-based pipelines → provide consistent automation interface → unify management of Windows components →
hasFeature	Desired State Configuration (DSC) → advanced functions → cmdlets → debugging support → error handling with try/catch/finally → execution policy → jobs → modules → providers → script signing → tab completion → transcript logging → type and format system → Windows Workflow Foundation → surface form: workflows (Windows PowerShell)
hasHost	PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: PowerShell Console PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: PowerShell ISE Visual Studio Code → surface form: Visual Studio Code PowerShell extension
influencedBy	C# programming language → surface form: C# Perl → Unix shell → surface form: Unix shells VBScript →
initialReleaseDate	2006-11-14 →
isOpenSource	true →
languageFamily	shell scripting languages →
latestBranch	PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: PowerShell (Core) PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: Windows PowerShell
license	MIT License →
operatingSystem	Linux → Windows → macOS →
pipelineType	object pipeline →
previousName	PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: Windows PowerShell
primaryUse	DevOps automation → configuration management → system administration → task automation →
programmingParadigm	imperative → object-oriented → pipeline-based →
repository	https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell →
supportsAutomationOf	Active Directory → Azure → Microsoft Exchange Server → surface form: Exchange Server Microsoft 365 → REST APIs → WMI and CIM → Windows Registry → surface form: Windows registry file system →
supportsClasses	true →
supportsDesiredStateConfiguration	true →
supportsEncoding	UTF-8 → Unicode →
supportsFunctions	true →
supportsInteractiveUse	true →
supportsInteropWith	.NET libraries → COM objects → REST services → native executables →
supportsModules	true →
supportsPackageManager	NuGet package manager → surface form: NuGet PowerShellGet → winget (via commands) →
supportsPlatform	Azure Cloud Shell → Windows → surface form: Windows Server Windows client →
supportsRemoting	true →
supportsScripting	true →
supportsSecurityFeature	Just Enough Administration (JEA) → constrained endpoints → script signing enforcement →
supportsVersion	PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: PowerShell 5.1 PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: PowerShell 7 PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: PowerShell 7.1 PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: PowerShell 7.2 PowerShell self-linksurface differs → surface form: PowerShell 7.3 PowerShell 7.4 →
usesDataFormat	objects →

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Azure Active Directory → accessedVia → PowerShell →

PowerShell → currentName → PowerShell self-link →

Windows Sandbox → enabledVia → PowerShell →

Windows → hasComponent → PowerShell →

PowerShell → hasHost → PowerShell self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: PowerShell Console

PowerShell → hasHost → PowerShell self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: PowerShell ISE

Windows 7 → includedComponent → PowerShell →

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell 2.0

Unix shell → influenced → PowerShell →

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

PSCP → invokedFrom → PowerShell →

PowerShell → latestBranch → PowerShell self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

PowerShell → latestBranch → PowerShell self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: PowerShell (Core)

Exchange Online → managementInterface → PowerShell →

Hyper-V → managementInterface → PowerShell →

PowerShell → previousName → PowerShell self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

Windows Shell → relatedSoftware → PowerShell →

VBScript → replacedBy → PowerShell →

Codex → supportsLanguage → PowerShell →

Common Language Runtime → supportsLanguage → PowerShell →