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Limitations

Package Availability

APT (Debian/Ubuntu)

  • Not applicable. This cookbook manages Microsoft Windows Management Framework installers on Windows only.

DNF/YUM (RHEL family)

  • Not applicable. This cookbook manages Microsoft Windows Management Framework installers on Windows only.

Windows

  • Windows PowerShell 2.0 is enabled through built-in Windows features on Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows 7 and Windows Server 2012 / Windows 8.
  • Windows Management Framework 3.0 packages are published for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 only.
  • Windows Management Framework 4.0 packages are published for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2012.
  • Windows Management Framework 5.1 packages are published for Windows 7 SP1 / Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 / Windows 8.1.
  • Windows Server 2016 and newer ship with Windows PowerShell 5.1, so the cookbook treats WMF 5.1 as built in on those releases.

Architecture Limitations

  • WMF 3.0 and WMF 4.0 provide both x86 and x64 packages for Windows 7 SP1 / Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
  • WMF 4.0 on Windows Server 2012 is x64 only.
  • WMF 5.1 on Windows Server 2012 is x64 only.
  • WMF 5.1 on Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 is available for x86 and x64.

Source/Compiled Installation

  • Not applicable. Microsoft distributes WMF through signed Windows features, .msu, and .zip archives.
  • WMF 3.0 requires .NET Framework 4.0.
  • WMF 4.0 and WMF 5.1 require .NET Framework 4.5 or newer.

Known Issues

  • WMF 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 are tied to operating systems that are beyond mainstream support; keep them for legacy compatibility only.
  • Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are past extended support and only available under Microsoft ESU.
  • The active test surface in this cookbook is limited to Windows Server 2019 because it has a stable local Vagrant box and a matching CI exec target.
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