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- Powershell 2.0 is drawn from the latest Windows 11 Insider Build
- Versions 5.1 and 7.x are the best replacements
- Not a word about removal from Windows Server
Microsoft has confirmed that Powershell 2.0 is officially removed from Windows, starting with the newest Windows 11 Insider Builds – Build 27891 (Canary Channel).
The news comes eight years after Powershell 2.0 was outdated in 2017 due to dependency-related delays (for example older SQL Server versions), but Microsoft retained reversing compatibility to illuminate the transition.
It does not mean that Powershell has gone completely. In place of this, users are forwarded to version 5.1 (which is installed in advance on most modern Windows editions) or 7.X (which support cross-platform support).
Powershell 2.0 finally comes aside for newer versions
As a reminder of how long Powershell 2.0 has been around, it was originally sent with Windows 7Vista and XP, as well as Server 2003 and 2008. Although it is set to be removed with the latest version of Windows 11, Microsoft has not yet shared plans to remove it from Windows Server.
“More information will be shared in the coming months about the removal of Windows Powershell 2.0 in a coming update for Windows 11”, Windows Insider Program wrote Amanda Langowski and main product manager Brandon Lebland in a Blog post.
The removal of Powershell 2.0 is the biggest update that comes in coming versions of Windows 11, but Build 27891 also contains fixes for the ‘Reset this PC’ option, taskbalkacryl rendering, non-English signs (such as Vietnamese and Arabic) and others, including Windows update on some devices.
Redmond also recognized some problems with the update, including a Windows Hello Pin and Biometrics Glitch on Copilot+ PCS and rendering problems for external desktops on ARM64 machines.
In the meantime, users who want a more reliable operating system can leave the Canary channel by installing a new Windows 11 copy.
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