Upgrade PowerShell on Inventory Beacons

PowerShell is used both as part of the installation, and for operation of inventory beacons after installation.

The minimum requirement on inventory beacons is PowerShell 3.0.

You may choose to upgrade PowerShell to version 4.0, but be aware that this release has a prerequisite of .NET Framework 4.5 or later (in any case, the minimum supported version of .NET Framework for an inventory beacon is currently 4.7.2).

1. To check and optionally upgrade PowerShell on a candidate server:

2. Within Windows PowerShell, run $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.

   This produces output similar to the following:

   Major     Minor       Build    Revision
   -----     -----       -----    --------
   3          0           -1          -1

3. If the Major value is less than 3, download your chosen version and install it.

   For example:

   • For PowerShell 3.0, see http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595.
   • For PowerShell 4.0, see https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855.

Parent topic:Prerequisites and Preparations