Updated Information

This section is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.

This table tracks record of the updated information in the VMware PowerCLI User's Guide starting from the 12.4.0 release.

PowerCLI Version / Publish Date	Description
13.3.0 / 1 OCTOBER 2024	Updated the information about how to connect to vCenter Server federated to Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) or to another external identity provider managed by VMware Identity Services. See Connect to a vCenter Server System Configured for an External Identity Provider.
13.2.0 / 27 NOVEMBER 2023	Added two new topics to Managing VMware vSAN with VMware PowerCLI: Create a vSAN ESA-Enabled Cluster Mount and Unmount Remote vSAN Datastores
13.2.0 / 08 NOVEMBER 2023	Added information about non-disruptive Machine SSL certificate renewal. See Change the Machine SSL Certificate of vCenter Server. Revamped and reorganized Managing vSphere with VMware PowerCLI. Updated Installing and Configuring Python for PowerCLI and its subtopics. Added the new modules, VMware.Sdk.Vcf.* to PowerCLI Modules.
13.1.0 / 04 AUGUST 2023	Added a new chapter: Managing vSphere Lifecycle Manager with VMware PowerCLI. Optimized the Introduction to VMware PowerCLI chapter.
13.1.0 / 27 JUNE 2023	Added a new chapter: Managing the Site Recovery Manager (SRM) API with VMware PowerCLI. Added two new modules, VMware.Sdk.Vr and VMware.Sdk.Srm to PowerCLI Modules. Reorganized the chapter structure of the book.
13.1.0 / 22 MAY 2023	Added a new chapter: Managing the vSphere Replication API with VMware PowerCLI.
13.0.0 / 22 NOV 2022	Added a new chapter: Installing and Configuring Python for PowerCLI. Starting from PowerCLI 13.0, Python is a requirement for the VMware.ImageBuilder module.
12.7.0 / 07 NOV 2022	Added a new chapter: Managing the NSX Policy API with VMware PowerCLI.
12.7.0 / 08 AUG 2022	Added information on how to connect to a vCenter Server that is federated to Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS). See Connect to a vCenter Server System Configured to Use AD FS for an External Identity Provider.
12.6.0 / 07 APR 2022	Removed non-inclusive language terms from the PowerCLI User's Guide and replaced them with appropriate alternatives. Added a new module, VMware.Sdk.Nsx.Policy, to PowerCLI Modules.
12.5.0 / 13 JAN 2022	Added information on how to manage the certificates of your vSphere environment with VMware PowerCLI. See the new chapter Managing Certificates.
12.4.0 / 28 SEP 2021	Added an Updated Information topic. Updated the procedure for uninstalling PowerCLI from your system. See Uninstall PowerCLI.
12.4.0 / 16 SEP 2021	Added information about the new VMware PowerCLI modules for the 12.4.0 release. See PowerCLI Modules. Updated the chapter on managing VMware Cloud on AWS with PowerCLI and added many new scripts. See Managing VMware Cloud on AWS with VMware PowerCLI. Added information, procedures, and sample scripts for the vSphere Automation SDK for PowerShell, which was introduced in VMware PowerCLI 12.4.0. See Managing the vSphere Automation API with VMware PowerCLI.