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 November 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 November 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, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2012.

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 December 2014.

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

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

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: WindowsBlue-KB3006193-x64.msu
     • x86: WindowsBlue-KB3006193-x86.msu
   • Windows Server 2012
     • x64: Windows8-RT-KB2894867-x64.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 WindowsBlue-KB3006193-x64.msu /quiet.
   • On x86-based computers that are running Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, or Windows Server 2012 R2 run WindowsBlue-KB3006193-x86.msu /quiet.
   • On x64-based computers that are running Windows Server 2012 run Windows8-RT-KB2894867-x64.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 November Preview (KB3006193 or KB2894867)