PowerShell 5.x on The Black Cloudhttps://theblackcloud.tech/tags/powershell-5.x/Recent content in PowerShell 5.x on The Black CloudHugoenCopyright © 2026, The Black Cloud.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100PowerShell - Windows PowerShell 5.x is entering a 12-month retirement period for the Microsoft Graph PowerShell moduleshttps://theblackcloud.tech/blog/psmicrosoftgraphpowershellmodulewillretirewindowspowershell5.xsupport/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://theblackcloud.tech/blog/psmicrosoftgraphpowershellmodulewillretirewindowspowershell5.xsupport/<p>I never thought I will live long enough to see Microsoft slowly but surely moving away from Windows PowerShell (5.x) and transition to PowerShell 7.x 😊</p> <p>And yet it appears we are now entering a period where Windows PowerShell 5.x will be gradually retired in favour of PowerShell 7.x.</p> <p>The Windows vNEXT already teased that they are working on making PowerShell 7.x the default version for future releases.</p> <p>As described in this Reddit discussion, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/1tk06dr/it_seems_that_powershell_7_will_ship_with_windows/">It seems that PowerShell 7 will ship with Windows Server vNext</a></p>