index.yml

### YamlMime:Hub

title: PowerShell Documentation
summary: Official product documentation for PowerShell
brand: windows

metadata:
  title: PowerShell Documentation
  ms.topic: hub-page # Required
  ms.collection: collection
  author: sdwheeler
  ms.author: sewhee
  ms.date: 04/07/2026
  no-loc: [Discord, Slack, Spiceworks, "Stack Overflow" ]

# highlightedContent section (optional)
# Maximum of 8 items
highlightedContent:
# itemType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | tutorial | video | whats-new
  items:
    # Card
    - title: What is PowerShell?
      itemType: get-started
      url: /powershell/scripting/overview
    # Card
    - title: Setup and installation
      itemType: download
      url: /powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell
    # Card
    - title: Sample scripts
      itemType: how-to-guide
      url: /powershell/scripting/samples/sample-scripts-for-administration
    # Card
    - title: PowerShell Gallery
      itemType: deploy
      url: https://www.powershellgallery.com/
    # Card
    - title: PowerShell Module Browser
      itemType: reference
      url: /powershell/module/
    # Card
    - title: PowerShell on GitHub
      itemType: architecture
      url: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

# productDirectory section (optional)
productDirectory:
  title: PowerShell Editions + Tools
  summary: Available editions, tools, and technology that supports PowerShell # < 160 chars (optional)
  items:
    # Card 1
    - title: PowerShell
      imageSrc: ./media/index/ps_black_128.svg
      links:
        - url: /powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-windows
          text: Install PowerShell on Windows
        - url: /powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-linux
          text: Install PowerShell on Linux
        - url: /powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-macos
          text: Install PowerShell on macOS
        - url: /powershell/scripting/whats-new/what-s-new-in-powershell-74
          text: What's new in PowerShell
    # Card 2
    - title: PowerShell Utility modules
      imageSrc: /media/common/i_tools.svg
      links:
        - url: /powershell/utility-modules/overview?view=ps-modules
          text: PowerShell utility modules
        - url: /powershell/utility-modules/crescendo/overview?view=ps-modules
          text: Crescendo overview
        - url: /powershell/utility-modules/platyps/overview?view=ps-modules
          text: PlatyPS overview
        - url: /powershell/utility-modules/psscriptanalyzer/overview?view=ps-modules
          text: PSScriptAnalyzer overview
        - url: /powershell/utility-modules/secretmanagement/overview?view=ps-modules
          text: SecretManagement overview
    # Card 3
    - title: Desired State Configuration
      imageSrc: /media/common/ih_tools.png
      links:
        - url: /powershell/scripting/dsc/overview
          text: PowerShell DSC Overview
        - url: /powershell/dsc/overview?view=dsc-3.0
          text: Microsoft DSC 3.0
        - url: /powershell/dsc/overview?view=dsc-2.0
          text: PowerShell DSC 2.0
        - url: /powershell/dsc/overview?view=dsc-1.1
          text: PowerShell DSC 1.1
        - url: https://dsccommunity.org/
          text: DSC Community
    # Card 4
    - title: PowerShell Gallery
      imageSrc: ./media/index/avatar_128.svg
      links:
        - url: https://www.powershellgallery.com/
          text: PowerShell Gallery
        - url: /powershell/gallery/overview
          text: Package management for PowerShell
        - url: /powershell/gallery/powershellget/overview
          text: Best practices
        - url: /powershell/gallery/faqs
          text: FAQs
    # Card 5
    - title: Developer resources
      imageSrc: /media/common/i_code-edit.svg
      links:
        - url: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/powershell
          text: Visual Studio Code PowerShell Extension
        - url: /powershell/scripting/components/vscode/using-vscode-for-remote-editing-and-debugging
          text: Using VS Code for remote editing and debugging
        - url: /powershell/scripting/developer/windows-powershell
          text: Windows PowerShell SDK documentation
        - url: /dotnet/api/?view=powershellsdk-7.4.0
          text: PowerShell SDK API reference
    # Card 6
    - title: Related technologies
      imageSrc: /media/common/i_link.svg
      links:
        - url: /azure/cloud-shell/quickstart?tabs=powershell
          text: Quickstart for Azure Cloud Shell
        - url: /powershell/azure/overview
          text: Azure PowerShell modules
        - url: /azure/automation/automation-runbook-types
          text: Azure Automation runbooks
        - url: /azure/azure-functions/create-first-function-vs-code-powershell
          text: Create a PowerShell function in Azure
        - url: /powershell/windows/get-started
          text: Windows management modules

tools:
  title: Community Resources # < 60 chars (optional)
  summary: Connect with other PowerShell users
  items:
    # Card 1
    - title: User Groups
      imageSrc: /media/hubs/powershell/i_group.svg
      url: https://aka.ms/psusergroup
    # Card 2
    - title: PowerShell Tech Community
      imageSrc: /media/hubs/powershell/i_group-feedback.svg
      url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/WindowsPowerShell
    # Card 3
    - title: DSC Community
      imageSrc: /media/hubs/powershell/i_group-feedback.svg
      url: https://dsccommunity.org/
    # Card 4
    - title: PowerShell.org
      imageSrc: /media/hubs/powershell/i_group-feedback.svg
      url: https://powershell.org/
    # Card 5
    - title: Stack Overflow
      imageSrc: /media/hubs/powershell/logo_stackoverflow.svg
      url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/powershell
    # Card 6
    - title: r/PowerShell
      imageSrc: /media/hubs/powershell/logo_reddit.svg
      url: https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/
    # Card 7
    - title: PowerShell Slack
      imageSrc: /media/logos/logo-slack.svg
      url: https://aka.ms/psslack
    # Card 8
    - title: PowerShell Discord
      imageSrc: ./media/index/discord.svg
      url: https://aka.ms/psdiscord
    # Card 9
    - title: Spiceworks
      imageSrc: ./media/index/Spiceworks_48px_color.png
      url: https://community.spiceworks.com/programming/powershell
    # Card 10
    - title: Digital Art
      imageSrc: /media/hubs/powershell/i_digital-art.svg
      url: /powershell/scripting/community/digital-art

additionalContent:
  # Supports up to 3 sections
  sections:
    - title: PowerShell Team # < 60 chars (optional)
      summary: Communicate with the PowerShell team # < 160 chars (optional)
      items:
        # Card 1
        - title: PowerShell Team Blog
          summary: Official news and announcements
          url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/
        # Card 2
        - title: PowerShell Community Blog
          summary: A place for the community to learn PowerShell and share insights
          url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell-community/
        # Card 3
        - title: PowerShell Team on Twitter
          summary: PowerShell news 280 characters at a time
          url: https://twitter.com/PowerShell_Team
        # Card 4
        - title: GitHub Issues
          summary: The place for bugs in the current release
          url: https://github.com/powershell/powershell/issues