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Package management for PowerShell

Microsoft provides three package management tools for PowerShell:

  • The Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet module - shipped originally in PowerShell 7.4.0
  • The PowerShellGet and PackageManagement modules - shipped originally in Windows PowerShell 5.0
  • The NuGet module used by the Package Manager Console of Visual Studio

This documentation covers the PowerShellGet, PackageManagement, and Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet modules. These modules contain cmdlets for discovering, installing, updating, and publishing PowerShell packages from the PowerShell Gallery. These packages can contain artifacts such as Modules, DSC Resources, and Scripts. The Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet module replaces the PowerShellGet and PackageManagement modules.

Note

The NuGet module contains cmdlets for discovering and installing packages from the NuGet Gallery for use with Visual Studio projects. For information about the NuGet module, see the NuGet module reference in the Visual Studio documentation.

Supported versions:

  • Current releases
    • Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet 1.2.0 - a standalone module that doesn't depend on the PowerShellGet or PackageManagement modules
    • PowerShellGet 2.2.5 with PackageManagement 1.4.8.1
  • Preview releases
    • Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet 1.3.0-preview1 - adds many new features. For more information, see What's new in PSResourceGet in the GitHub repository.

For best results, use the latest version of the Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet module.

Important

The 1.0.0.1 version of PowerShellGet that ships in Windows PowerShell 5.1 is no longer supported. To be supported, you must update to the latest version. For more information, see Install a package manager for PowerShell.

Enhanced support for the Microsoft Artifact Registry

Support for the Microsoft Artifact Registry was added in Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet v1.1.0. Beginning with Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet v1.3.0-preview1, the Microsoft Artifact Registry is a default repository alongside the PSGallery repository. Use the following command to register the Microsoft Artifact Registry repository with the default settings:

Register-PSResourceRepository -MicrosoftArtifactRegistry

By default, the Microsoft Artifact Registry repository is registered as a Trusted repository with a higher priority than the PSGallery repository. For more information, see Register-PSResourceRepository.

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