Windows PowerShell Core Providers

This section contains help topics that describe the Windows PowerShell providers in the Microsoft.PowerShell.Core module.

Windows PowerShell providers are .NET programs that make the data in a specialized data store available in Windows PowerShell so that you can easily view and manage it. The data that a provider exposes appears in a drive, much like a file system drive. For more information, see about_Providers.

Provider	Description
Alias Provider	Provides access to the Windows PowerShell aliases and their values.
Environment Provider	Provides access to the Windows environment variables.
FileSystem Provider	Provides access to files and directories.
Function Provider	Provides access to the functions defined in Windows PowerShell.
Registry Provider	Provides access to the system registry keys and values.
Variable Provider	Provides access to Windows PowerShell variables and their values.

See Also

Concepts

Certificate Provider
WSMan Provider
about_Providers
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Module