The AWS Tools for PowerShell version 5 (V5) is in preview. To see V5 content, which is subject to change, and try out the new version, see the version 5 (preview) user guide. For specific information about breaking changes and migrating to V5, see the migration topic in that guide.
Amazon EC2 and Tools for Windows PowerShell
You can perform common tasks related to Amazon EC2 using the AWS Tools for PowerShell.
The example commands shown here assume that you have set default credentials and a default region for your PowerShell session. Therefore, we don't include credentials or region when we invoke the cmdlets. For more information, see Get started with the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell.