Release Support Policy

PowerShell Universal recently migrated from a static, two-year support policy for releases to a standard and long-term support policy based on the underlying frameworks that the platform is built upon.

Support Policy

Starting with version 6, PowerShell Universal will provide long term support options pinned to the underlying support policy of the .NET SDK. Microsoft provides support for .NET versions for 18 months on standard support releases and 36 months on long-term support releases. PowerShell Universal runs on a similar support policy.

Version 5 is the last version on the historical, arbitrary support policy per major version. It will be supported until August 2026. Please see the below table for upcoming release support. Support is the same for each release type but varies based on the life time.

Version	Release Date	End of Support	Support Type
v4	6/23	6/26	Legacy
v5	8/24	8/26	Legacy
v6	3/26	3/29	Long Term
v7	3/27	9/28	Standard
v8	3/28	3/31	Long Terms
v9	3/29	9/32	Standard