Docker images containing PowerShell now maintained by the .NET team

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What's Changing?

For years, the PowerShell team has maintained official PowerShell Docker images. Moving forward, we
are using the Docker images produced by the .NET team.

This means that instead of using PowerShell-specific images published by the PowerShell team, you'll
use the .NET SDK image, which includes PowerShell. These images support the same Linux
distributions, Windows versions, and architectures that you rely on today.

Why the Change?

This change provides two key benefits to the PowerShell community:

• Faster image availability

  The .NET team has an optimized release pipeline that enables them to produce and publish images
  quickly. By relying on their process, updated Docker images containing PowerShell will be
  available sooner, ensuring you always have access to the latest improvements and security patches.

• Consistency across the ecosystem

  The .NET team already produces images for the same operating systems that we support. Using their
  images reduces the number of repositories you need to track and allows the PowerShell team to
  focus on other build priorities.

Get a Docker image

To start using the new images, pull the latest .NET SDK image that includes PowerShell. For more
information, see Using PowerShell in Docker.