# AWS Tools for PowerShell Documentation

AWS Tools for PowerShell and AWS Tools for PowerShell Core are PowerShell modules, built on functionality exposed by the SDK for .NET, that enable you to script operations on AWS resources from the PowerShell command line. Although you use the SDK's service clients and methods to implement the cmdlets, the cmdlets give you a PowerShell experience to specify parameters and handle results. For example, the cmdlets in both modules support PowerShell pipelining to pipe PowerShell objects to and from the cmdlets.

## Latest version (V5)

- [/powershell/v5/userguide/](/powershell/v5/userguide/)
- [Reference](/powershell/v5/reference/): Describes the command line tools and provides basic syntax, options, and usage examples for each tool.

## Previous version (V4)

- [/powershell/v4/userguide/](/powershell/v4/userguide/)
- [Reference](/powershell/v4/reference/): Describes the command line tools and provides basic syntax, options, and usage examples for each tool.

## Additional resources

- [AWS SDKs and Tools Reference Guide](/sdkref/latest/guide/)
- [AWS SDK Code Examples Code Library](/code-library/latest/ug/)

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