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Windows Management Framework 5.1 includes updates to Windows PowerShell, Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), Windows Remote Management (WinRM), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Release notes: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=839460

• Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.1 brings functionality that has been updated from WMF 5.0. WMF 5.1 is available for installation only on Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 SP1. Some of the new and updated features in this release include:
  
  • Constrained file copying to/from JEA endpoints
  • JEA support for Group Managed Service Accounts and Conditional Access Policies
  • PowerShell console support for VT100 and redirecting stdin with interactive input
  • Support for catalog signed modules in PowerShell Get
  • Specifying which module version to load in a script
  • Package Management cmdlet support for proxy servers
  • PowerShellGet cmdlet support for proxy servers
  • Improvements in PowerShell Script Debugging
  • Improvements in Desired State Configuration (DSC)
  • Improved PowerShell usage auditing using Transcription and Logging
  • New and updated cmdlets based on community feedback
  
  Your feedback about Windows Management Framework 5.1 is valuable to us; we invite you to provide feedback at all times. For important information about changes in behavior from Windows PowerShell 5.1, and a list of known issues with this release, be sure to read the WMF 5.1 release notes. You can log bugs and suggestions by using the PowerShell forum within the Windows Server UserVoice.
  

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
W2K12-KB3191565-x64.msu SHA1: b346e79d308af9105de0f5842d462d4f9dbc7f5a	20.59 MB
Win7-KB3191566-x86.zip SHA1: b2cc0fed2316fdd96f49467e4c92f59413f0f4c4	42.76 MB
Win7AndW2K8R2-KB3191566-x64.zip SHA1: 1ddc62cbcbd66b29e62bf6c54e1057a77aac5fd8	64.94 MB
Win8.1-KB3191564-x86.msu SHA1: 821ec3c54602311f44caa4831859eac6f1dd0350	14.52 MB
Win8.1AndW2K12R2-KB3191564-x64.msu SHA1: 91d95a0ca035587d4c1babe491f51e06a1529843	18.96 MB

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 Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 7 SP1
  
  **IMPORTANT**
  
  • Please see release notes for the list of products that are compatible and incompatible with Windows Management Framework 5.1.
  • WMF 5.1 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or above. You can install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or above by following the instructions at Installing the .NET Framework.
  
  

• Please see release notes for installation instructions.