Updated - December 23, 2015: Windows Management Framework 5.0 (RTM) pulled due to bug which resets the PowerShell module environment during installation. More details available in Windows PowerShell Blog.
December 16, 2015: Microsoft has announced the general availability of version 5.0 of the Windows Management Framework (WMF) and can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download website. WMF 5.0 includes updates to Windows PowerShell, Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), Windows Remote Management (WinRM), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
Details
Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 brings functionality that has been updated from WMF 4.0. WMF 5.0 is available for installation only on Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 SP1. Some of the new and updated features in this release include:
- Develop with classes in Windows PowerShell.
- Just Enough Administration (JEA).
- Extract and parse structured object out of string content.
- More control in Windows PowerShell Remote Debugging.
- PowerShell Information Stream.
- New and updated cmdlets based on community feedback.
- Generate Windows PowerShell cmdlets based on an OData endpoint with ODataUtils.
- Manage .ZIP archives through new cmdlets.
- Interact with symbolic links using improved Item cmdlets.
- DSC authoring improvements in Windows PowerShell ISE.
- 32-bit support for the configuration keyword in DSC.
- Audit Windows PowerShell usage by transcription and logging.
- Configure DSC’s Local Configuration Manager with the meta-configuration attribute.
- Configure piece by piece with partial configurations in DSC.
- Manage with cross-computer dependencies in DSC.
- More control over configurations in DSC.
- Find more detail about configuration status in DSC.
- Support for -? during DSC configuration compilation.
- Support for DSC RunAsCredential.
- Rich information for DSC LCM State.
- Side-by-Side installation of DSC Resources and PowerShell Modules.
- PSDesiredStateConfiguration Module version updated to 1.1.
- Report configuration status from DSC to a central location.
- Discover and install software with PackageManagement.
- Discover PowerShell Modules, PowerShell Scripts and DSC resources with PowerShellGet.
- Network Switch management with Windows PowerShell.
- Software Inventory Logging (SIL).
You can read more about these improvements, and other content in WMF 5.0, in the release notes.
Download Windows Management Framework 5.0 RTM
For a full description of the new features and improvements, system requirements, and the download links, see: Windows Management Framework 5.0
Once you click on the "Download" button, you will be prompted to select the files you need. Download the files appropriate for you.
Note: WMF 5.0 RTM replaces the WMF 5.0 Production Preview. You can install WMF 5.0 RTM without uninstalling WMF 5.0 Production Preview, but you must uninstall all other older releases of WMF 5.0 previews before installing the WMF 5.0 RTM.
Source
Windows PowerShell Blog
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