Using the PowerShell 7 console

With PowerShell 7, the name of the PowerShell executable is now pwsh.exe, as you saw in the previous recipe. After installing PowerShell 7 in Windows, you can start the PowerShell 7 console by clicking Start and typing pwsh.exe, then hitting Return. The PowerShell MSI installer does not create a Start panel or taskbar shortcut.

Getting ready

You run this recipe on SRV1 after you have installed PowerShell 7.

How to do it...

1. Running the PowerShell 7 console

   From the Windows desktop in SRV1, click on the Windows key, then type pwsh, followed by the Enter key.

2. Viewing the PowerShell version

   $PSVersionTable
   

3. Viewing the $Host variable

   $Host
   

4. Looking at the PowerShell process

   Get-Process -Id $Pid | 
     Format-Custom MainModule -Depth 1
   

5. Looking at...