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.
What's new in the AWS Tools for PowerShell
For high-level information about new developments related to the AWS Tools for PowerShell, see the product page at
https://aws.amazon.com/powershell/
The following is what's new in the Tools for PowerShell.
May 28, 2025: User guide available for V5 preview of the AWS Tools for PowerShell
The user guide for version 5 (preview) of the AWS Tools for PowerShell has been published.
February 10, 2025: GA release for observability
Observability is the extent to which a system's current state can be inferred from the data it emits.
Observability has been added to the Tools for PowerShell, including an implementation of a telemetry provider. For
more information, see Observability in this guide and the
blog post Announcing the general availability of AWS .NET OpenTelemetry libraries
January 15, 2025: New default behavior for integrity protection
Beginning with version 4.1.737 of the AWS Tools for PowerShell, the tools provide default integrity protections by
automatically calculating a CRC32 checksum for uploads. For more information, see the
announcement on GitHub at https://github.com/aws/aws-tools-for-powershell/issues/370
November 18, 2024: Preview 1 release for version 5
Note
This is prerelease documentation for a feature in preview release. It is subject to change.
The AWS Tools for PowerShell is in the process of being updated to version 5 and will have breaking changes.
Preview 1 of version 5 has been released. For more information about this preview and to try it out, see
the blog post Preview 1
of AWS Tools for PowerShell V5
