Welcome to the VMware PowerCLI™ documentation page!
You can access the documentation in HTML format by using the table of contents on the left side of the page.
All our documentation also comes in PDF format, which you can access by selecting the PDF download icon while reading a page or viewing a search result.
New to VMware PowerCLI
PowerCLI is a command-line interface for managing and automating all aspects of your vSphere environment, including networking, storage, virtual machines, guest OS, and more. PowerCLI represents a collection of PowerShell modules that contain more than 700 cmdlets to manage the VMware infrastructure.
What is PowerShell
PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework. PowerShell consists of a command-line shell and a scripting language.
PowerCLI runs on top of PowerShell and uses its basic syntax and concepts.
Resources to get you started
Read the release notes to learn about the latest release of PowerCLI 13.2.
