#powershell v6.0 RTM GA Generally Available and Supported

PowerShell Core 6.0.0

• a new edition of PowerShell #PsCore6
• built on top of .NET Core “CoreCLR”
• cross-platform support from Windows, macOS to Linux (direct download)
• community driven (GitHub) and open-source
• built for heterogeneous environments and the hybrid cloud
• works side-by-side with Windows PowerShell[1] (3.0 and later)
• $PSVersionTable.PSEdition is set to Core
• process runs as pwsh(.exe) c.f. Windows Powershell = powershell(.exe)
• default installation path %programfiles%\PowerShell\
• starts as Administrator in %programfiles%\PowerShell\6.0.0
• new user profile path $profile = %userprofile%\Documents\PowerShell
• different $env:PSModulePath
• not available features – workflow, WMI[2],  Windows Presentation Foundation/Windows Forms, PowerShell ISE[3]
• Update-Help -force -UICulture “en-us” (help system independent of Windows Powershell)
• Windows PowerShell 5.10
  = “maintenance” mode
  =  last Windows client/server version i.e.  no new version planned

[1] built on top of .NET Framework 4.x “FullCLR”
[2] use the equivalent *-CIM* cmdlets
[3] use Visual Studio Code + PowerShell plugin

Announcing the GA & Enterprise supported version of #PowerShell Core 6! My sincere gratitude goes to everyone in the OSS Community who donated their time & supported the @Powershell_team make this release happened, Thx & Congrats! @OpenAtMicrosoft https://t.co/LcCljTOBIA

— Angel Calvo (@ANGELCALVOS) January 10, 2018

REFERENCES

1. PowerShell Core 6.0: Generally Available (GA) and Supported!
2. PowerShell 6.0 Roadmap: CoreCLR, Backwards Compatibility, and More!
3. Angel Calvo (Twitter): Announcing the GA & Enterprise supported version of #PowerShell Core 6!
4. Announcing PowerShell for Visual Studio Code 1.0!
5. What’s New in PowerShell Core 6.0
6. PowerShell Core Support Lifecycle
7. PowerShell documentation (en-us)