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Which is better powershell 6.0 or powershell core?


Asked by Jayceon Harding on Dec 09, 2021 FAQ



PowerShell Core installs side by side on Windows. In short: PowerShell Core does not affect Windows PowerShell in any way on Windows devices. PowerShell Core 6.0 is not as powerful as PowerShell 5.1.
And,
PowerShell Core 6.0 is not as powerful as PowerShell 5.1. One core reason for that is that PowerShell has access to the .NET Framework and .NET Standard while PowerShell Core to the less-feature-rich .NET Core and .NET Standard. Some technologies available to Windows PowerShell are not supported by .NET Core.
Thereof, PowerShell Core (or just, “PowerShell,” sans the “Windows”) is a new product. It is not the “successor” of Windows PowerShell; it is a new thing based on Windows PowerShell. It is designed for cross-platform management, when you need to do something on Windows and Linux and macOS.
Keeping this in consideration,
Windows PowerShell 5.1 is built on top of the .NET Framework v4.5. With the release of PowerShell 6.0, PowerShell became an open source project built on .NET Core 2.0. PowerShell 7.0 is built on .NET Core 3.1.
Also Know,
PowerShell Core has capabilities for managing "the basic features" of the Windows PowerShell scripting language, according to an MSDN article, which described it as a "module." However, PowerShell Core essentially will be supplanting Windows PowerShell 6.0.