How to upgrade powershell module 4.X to 5.X

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1

Is there a way to upgrade powershell version from4.X to 5.1 remotely? I have 300+ servers that needs to be upgraded.

2

Remote is a bit tricky.

See here for the MSI installer for the appropriate OS. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616

With that, you should be able to do a silent install. Do note that it will not complete until a reboot; the day you do this, you may want to schedule a late-night restart domain-wide or something of that nature.

$Computers = Get-Content -Path '.\ServerList.txt'
$MsiLocation = '\\server\share\WMF5.1.msi'
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Computers -ScriptBlock {
    Start-Process -NoNewWindow -FilePath 'msiexec.exe' -ArgumentList ('/a "{0}"' -f $MsiLocation), '/qn', '/norestart'
}

Feel free to use the ‘/forcerestart’ switch if you don’t mind taking those servers down for 10-15mins following the installation to get the new version of PS sorted out.

You could do a batch job like this early morning or something and have it all ready by the time everyone gets to work in the morning.

3

This is OK for client systems, but be sure to read the docs for version impacts on say Exchange, System Center, etc… versions. For example…

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/wmf/5.0/productincompat

4

Thank you would try and update you