AWS powershell documentation change

Service: powershell · 2025-06-25 · Documentation low

File: powershell/v5/userguide/pstools-ec2.md

Summary

Updated version 5 release announcement, added migration link banner, and updated authentication documentation references

Security assessment

Changed authentication documentation link from general getting started guide to specific 'Authenticating with AWS' page, improving security configuration visibility but not addressing vulnerabilities

Diff

diff --git a/powershell/v5/userguide/pstools-ec2.md b/powershell/v5/userguide/pstools-ec2.md
index 6931bcd8f..ece2f5f9a 100644
--- a//powershell/v5/userguide/pstools-ec2.md
+++ b//powershell/v5/userguide/pstools-ec2.md
@@ -5 +5,5 @@
-The AWS Tools for PowerShell version 5 (V5) is in preview, therefore this content is subject to change. For information about breaking changes, installation, and migration, see the [migration topic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/userguide/migrating-v5.html). For released content, see the [version 4 user guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v4/userguide/) instead.
+Version 5 (V5) of the AWS Tools for PowerShell has been released!
+
+For information about breaking changes and migrating your applications, see the [migration topic](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/userguide/migrating-v5.html).
+
+[ ![](/images/powershell/v5/userguide/images/BannerButton_less-round.png) ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/userguide/migrating-v5.html)
@@ -11 +15 @@ You can perform common tasks related to Amazon EC2 using the AWS Tools for Power
-The example commands shown here assume that you have set default credentials and a default region for your PowerShell session. Therefore, we don't include credentials or region when we invoke the cmdlets. For more information, see [Get started with the AWS Tools for PowerShell](./pstools-getting-started.html).
+The example commands shown here assume that you have set default credentials and a default region for your PowerShell session. Therefore, we don't include credentials or region when we invoke the cmdlets. For more information, see [Authenticating with AWS](./creds-idc.html) and [AWS Region](./pstools-installing-specifying-region.html).