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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
PowerShell canonical	34
Windows PowerShell	8
Exchange Management Shell	1
PowerShell (Core)	1
PowerShell 5.1	1
PowerShell 7	1
PowerShell 7.1	1
PowerShell 7.2	1
PowerShell 7.3	1
PowerShell Active Directory module	1
PowerShell Console	1
PowerShell ISE	1
PowerShell Service cmdlets	1
PowerShell WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlets	1
PowerShell storage cmdlets	1
Windows PowerShell 2.0	1
Windows PowerShell 4.0	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T286953 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PowerShell
Context triple: [Windows, hasComponent, PowerShell]

A. Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation is a Microsoft UI framework for building rich, desktop client applications on Windows using XAML and .NET.
B. Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code development suite from Microsoft that enables users to analyze data, build custom business apps, automate workflows, and create virtual agents using integrated tools like Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents.
C. Windows
Windows is a widely used family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for personal computers, servers, and other devices.
D. WSH
WSH is the standard sports abbreviation for the Washington Commanders, the National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area.
E. Xamarin
Xamarin is a cross-platform mobile app development framework that allows developers to build native iOS, Android, and Windows applications using C# and .NET.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation is a Microsoft UI framework for building rich, desktop client applications on Windows using XAML and .NET.
B. Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code development suite from Microsoft that enables users to analyze data, build custom business apps, automate workflows, and create virtual agents using integrated tools like Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents.
C. Windows
Windows is a widely used family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for personal computers, servers, and other devices.
D. WSH
WSH is the standard sports abbreviation for the Washington Commanders, the National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area.
E. Xamarin
Xamarin is a cross-platform mobile app development framework that allows developers to build native iOS, Android, and Windows applications using C# and .NET.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (57)

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

Windows → hasComponent → PowerShell ⓘ

Codex → supportsLanguage → PowerShell ⓘ

Unix shell → influenced → PowerShell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

VBScript → replacedBy → PowerShell ⓘ

Common Language Runtime → supportsLanguage → 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)

PowerShell → previousName → PowerShell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

PowerShell → currentName → PowerShell self-link ⓘ

PowerShell → hasHost → PowerShell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell Console

PowerShell → hasHost → PowerShell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell ISE

PowerShell → supportsVersion → PowerShell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell 5.1

PowerShell → supportsVersion → PowerShell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell 7

PowerShell → supportsVersion → PowerShell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell 7.1

PowerShell → supportsVersion → PowerShell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell 7.2

PowerShell → supportsVersion → PowerShell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell 7.3

Hyper-V → managementInterface → PowerShell ⓘ

Windows Sandbox → enabledVia → PowerShell ⓘ

Windows Shell → relatedSoftware → PowerShell ⓘ

Windows 7 → includedComponent → PowerShell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell 2.0

PSCP → invokedFrom → PowerShell ⓘ

Exchange Online → managementInterface → PowerShell ⓘ

Azure Active Directory → accessedVia → PowerShell ⓘ

Windows Update client → configurationInterface → PowerShell ⓘ

Windows Script Host → relatedTo → PowerShell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

.NET languages → includesLanguage → PowerShell ⓘ

Microsoft APIs → supportsLanguage → PowerShell ⓘ

kubectl CLI → supportsShellCompletion → PowerShell ⓘ

subject surface form: kubectl

Windows Process Activation Service → configurableVia → PowerShell ⓘ

Windows services → controlledWith → PowerShell ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell Service cmdlets

Azure Analysis Services → managementInterface → PowerShell ⓘ

Empire → supportsLanguage → PowerShell ⓘ

PowerShell Empire → programmingLanguage → PowerShell ⓘ

PowerShell Empire → isWrittenIn → PowerShell ⓘ

Azure Cloud Shell → supportsShell → PowerShell ⓘ

Windows Server Core (some versions) → includesComponent → PowerShell ⓘ

subject surface form: Windows Server Core

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

PowerShellGet → programmingLanguage → PowerShell ⓘ

PowerShellGet → platform → PowerShell ⓘ

Desired State Configuration (DSC) → partOf → PowerShell ⓘ

subject surface form: Desired State Configuration

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

Desired State Configuration (DSC) → supportsLanguage → PowerShell ⓘ

subject surface form: Desired State Configuration

Desired State Configuration (DSC) → introducedIn → PowerShell ⓘ

subject surface form: Desired State Configuration

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell 4.0

Just Enough Administration (JEA) → basedOn → PowerShell ⓘ

subject surface form: Just Enough Administration

Just Enough Administration (JEA) → integratesWith → PowerShell ⓘ

subject surface form: Just Enough Administration

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

Windows Server 2008 → includesComponent → PowerShell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows PowerShell

VHD → mountableBy → PowerShell ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell storage cmdlets

Windows Features dialog → relatedTo → PowerShell ⓘ

this entity surface form: PowerShell WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlets

Azure Virtual Desktop → managementInterface → PowerShell ⓘ

BranchCache (Enterprise and Ultimate) → configuredBy → PowerShell ⓘ

Azure Functions → supportsLanguage → PowerShell ⓘ

Windows Server → supports → PowerShell ⓘ

All labels observed (17)

How this entity was disambiguated Show

Statements (95)

How these facts were elicited Show

Referenced by (57)

How this entity was disambiguated

How these facts were elicited