Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature.

The 14-year-old command processor introduced with Windows 7 was already removed for Windows Insiders as of July 2025 , with the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel.

As detailed in a support document published on Monday, Microsoft will permanently remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11 version 24H2, starting in August, and from Windows Server 2025 in September.

"For most users and organizations, this change will be uneventful – newer versions of PowerShell such as PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7.x continue to be available and supported. However, if you have legacy scripts or software that

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