Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

This release includes new features and functionality in Windows Management Framework 5.0, including the following:

• Windows PowerShell 5.0
• Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment
• Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration
• Network Switch Cmdlets
• OneGet

Your feedback about Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview May 2014 is valuable to us; we invite you to provide feedback at all times. For important information about changes in behavior from Windows PowerShell 4.0, and a list of known issues with this release, be sure to read the WMF 5.0 Preview May 2014 release notes that are available for download with this package. You can log bugs and suggestions by using the Microsoft Connect website.

Windows Management Framework 5.0 makes updated management functionality available for installation on Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 Pro, and Windows 8.1 Enterprise.

Network Switch Cmdlets
The Network Switch cmdlets enable you to do switch, virtual LAN (VLAN) and basic Layer 2 network switch port configuration on Windows Server 2012 R2 logo-certified network switches. Microsoft remains committed to support the Datacenter Abstraction Layer (DAL) vision, and to show value for our customers and partners in this space. You can use these cmdlets to do the following:

• Global switch configuration, such as:
• Set host name
• Set switch banner
• Persist configuration
• Enable or disable feature
• VLAN configuration:
• Create or remove VLAN
• Enable or disable VLAN
• Enumerate VLAN
• Set friendly name to a VLAN
• Layer 2 port configuration:
• Enumerate ports
• Enable or disable ports
• Set port modes and properties
• Add or associate VLAN to Trunk or Access on the port

OneGet is a new way to discover and install software packages from around the web. With OneGet, you can:

• Manage a list of software repositories in which packages can be searched, acquired, and installed
• Search and filter your repositories to find the packages you need
• Seamlessly install and uninstall packages from one or more repositories with a single Windows PowerShell command

PowerShellGet is a new way to discover, install, and update Windows PowerShell modules. New in WMF 5.0 Preview May 2014, PowerShellGet contains a set of cmdlets that enable users to interact with an online module gallery.

• Discover modules from the gallery by running the Find-Module command
• Install modules from the gallery by running the Install-Module command
• Update installed modules by running the Update-Module command

• Windows PowerShell 5.0
• Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
• Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to May 2014.

Files
Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview May 2014 Release Notes.docx
WindowsBlue-KB2894868-x64.msu SHA1: 272d252910769b7578a0b9f5916818b49bae0e80 Size: 5.06 MB
WindowsBlue-KB2894868-x86.msu

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows 8.1 Pro
• Windows 8.1 Enterprise

• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (not including SP1)
• Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1

After the updates are applied, WMF 5.0 is supported on servers that are running these applications. WMF 5.0 is otherwise supported on Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 Pro, and Windows 8.1 Enterprise.

WMF 5.0 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5. You can install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 from the Microsoft Download Center.

InstructionsTo prepare for installation of Windows Management Framework 5.0:

1. Download the correct package for your operating system and architecture. The following architectures are supported.
   • Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 Pro, and Windows 8.1 Enterprise
     • x64: Windows8.1-KB2894868-x64.msu
     • x86: Windows8.1-KB2894868-x86.msu
2. Close all Windows PowerShell windows.

1. Navigate to the folder into which you downloaded the MSU file.
2. Double-click the MSU to run it.

1. After you have downloaded the correct package for your computer's architecture, open a Command Prompt window with elevated user rights (Run as Administrator). On the Server Core installation options of Windows Server 2012 R2, Command Prompt opens with elevated user rights by default.
2. Change directories to the folder into which you have downloaded or copied the WMF 5.0 installation package.
3. Run one of the following commands.
   • On x64-based computers that are running Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, or Windows Server 2012 R2 run Windows8.1-KB2894868-x64.msu /quiet.
   • On x86-based computers that are running Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, or Windows Server 2012 R2 run Windows8.1-KB2894868-x86.msu /quiet.

For information about troubleshooting the installation, see the WMF 5.0 Release Notes.

To uninstall Windows Management Framework 5.0:

• In Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features\Uninstall a program, locate and then uninstall the following installed Windows Update:
  • Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview (KB2894868)