AWSPowerShell.NetCore, starting with version 3.3.485.0, can be loaded on PowerShell 3.0 - 5.1 as well as PowerShell Core 6.0 and 6.2. Because of the dependency on .NET Standard 2.0 and PowerShell Standard, AWSPowerShell.NetCore can be imported on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (or newer) with .NET Framework 4.7.2.
We made the decision to target .NET Framework 4.7.2 since both .NET Framework 4.6.1 and 4.7.2 support the same range of Windows versions (going back to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) and packaging the shim DLLs would further increase the size of the already large AWSPowerShell.NetCore module. Moreover Microsoft caution against relying on the .NET Standard 2.0 support in .NET Frameworks earlier than 4.7.2.
AWSPowerShell.NetCore, starting with version 3.3.485.0, can be loaded on PowerShell 3.0 - 5.1 as well as PowerShell Core 6.0 and 6.2. Because of the dependency on .NET Standard 2.0 and PowerShell Standard, AWSPowerShell.NetCore can be imported on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (or newer) with .NET Framework 4.7.2.
We made the decision to target .NET Framework 4.7.2 since both .NET Framework 4.6.1 and 4.7.2 support the same range of Windows versions (going back to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) and packaging the shim DLLs would further increase the size of the already large AWSPowerShell.NetCore module. Moreover Microsoft caution against relying on the .NET Standard 2.0 support in .NET Frameworks earlier than 4.7.2.
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