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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/introduction/installation.mdx
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Pester is a cross-platform module that runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS and anywhere else running a supported version of PowerShell. Pester currently requires and is tested with:
- Windows PowerShell 5.1
- PowerShell 7.2 and above
- PowerShell 7.4 and above

## Installing from PowerShell Gallery

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/migrations/v5-to-v6.mdx
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For most suites upgrading is low risk. Run through this list, then read the details below for anything that bites:

1. Make sure you run **Windows PowerShell 5.1** or **PowerShell 7.2+**.
1. Make sure you run **Windows PowerShell 5.1** or **PowerShell 7.4+**.
2. Check any `-ForEach`/`-TestCases` that can be empty — it now throws unless you add `-AllowNullOrEmptyForEach`.
3. Remove duplicate `BeforeAll`/`BeforeEach`/`AfterAll`/`AfterEach` in the same block.
4. Replace `Assert-MockCalled` / `Assert-VerifiableMock` with `Should -Invoke` / `Should -InvokeVerifiable`.
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## Breaking changes

### PowerShell 5.1 and 7.2+ only
### PowerShell 5.1 and 7.4+ only

Support for PowerShell 3, 4, 6 and early/unsupported 7 was removed — they are all out of support from Microsoft. Dropping them let us move the C# to .NET 8 (net462 for Windows PowerShell 5.1) and modernize the runtime. Pester 6 targets **Windows PowerShell 5.1** and **PowerShell 7.2+**.
Support for PowerShell 3, 4, 6 and early/unsupported 7 was removed — they are all out of support from Microsoft. Dropping them let us move the C# to .NET 8 (net462 for Windows PowerShell 5.1) and modernize the runtime. Pester 6 targets **Windows PowerShell 5.1** and **PowerShell 7.4+**.

**Symptom.** Pester does not import on an older PowerShell.

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