PowerShell 7.5 Generally Available Under Standard Support

PowerShell 7.5, the latest Standard Term Support (STS) version of Microsoft’s cross-platform administrative scripting technology, became generally available in Mar. 2025. PowerShell is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, on x64 and Arm architectures (including Apple Silicon), and is extensible though functions, classes, scripts, and modules. Supported until May 2026, PowerShell 7.5 is based on .NET 9.0.1 and focuses on security improvements, bug fixes, and incorporating improvements from the PowerShell community.

PowerShell’s support life-cycle (fig. 1) is linked to the .NET support life-cycle, and it alternates between Long Term Support (LTS) versions supported for three years and STS versions supported for six months after the subsequent version is released (typically 18 months). Customers using PowerShell versions in production environments should use PowerShell 7.4, the current LTS version, offers support until Nov. 2026. PowerShell 7.5 could be of interest to developers or script authors who want an intermediary step between LTS versions to ensure their scripts and extensions remain compatible. PowerShell 7.2, the previous LTS version, left support in Nov. 2024. PowerShell 7.6, the next LTS version, is available in preview (Microsoft) with general availability planned for late 2025.