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Expand Up @@ -8,17 +8,21 @@ It includes a command-line shell, an associated scripting language and a framewo
Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell designed especially for system administrators.
Windows PowerShell includes an interactive prompt and a scripting environment that can be used independently or in combination.

The PowerShell Standard has been created to assist developers create modules and PowerShell hosts which will use only APIs that exist across different versions of PowerShell.
The PowerShell Standard has been created to assist developers create modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell and which will use only APIs that exist across different versions of PowerShell.

> NOTE: You should not use PowerShell Standard for standalone applications that leverage PowerShell.
For that, you should use the [PowerShell SDK](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK).
PowerShell Standard's main scenario is for running within a PowerShell session.

## PowerShell Standard Libraries

Two PowerShell Standard `.nupkg` versions are available:

- PowerShell Standard.Library Version 3
- This allows you to create PowerShell modules and host which will run on PowerShell Version 3 and later including PowerShellCore
- This allows you to create PowerShell modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell Version 3 and later including PowerShellCore

- PowerShell Standard.Library Version 5.1
- This allows you to create PowerShell modules and host which will run on PowerShell Version 5.1 and later including PowerShellCore
- This allows you to create PowerShell modules and PowerShell hosts which will run on PowerShell Version 5.1 and later including PowerShellCore

Both are available on [NuGet.org](https://www.nuget.org/packages/PowerShellStandard.Library)

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