Amazon Tools for PowerShell V4 has entered maintenance mode.

We recommend that you migrate to [Amazon Tools for PowerShell V5](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/powershell/v5/userguide/). For additional details and information on how to migrate, please refer to our [maintenance mode announcement](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/aws-tools-for-powershell-v4-maintenance-mode-announcement/).

# Get started with the Amazon Tools for Windows PowerShell
<a name="pstools-getting-started"></a>

Some of the topics in this section describe the fundamentals of using the Tools for Windows PowerShell after you have [installed the tools](pstools-getting-set-up.md). For example, they explain how to specify which [credentials](creds-idc.md) and [Amazon Region](pstools-installing-specifying-region.md) the Tools for Windows PowerShell should use when interacting with Amazon.

Other topics in this section provide information about advanced ways that you can configure the tools, your environment, and your projects.

**Topics**
+ [Configure tool authentication](creds-idc.md)
+ [Specify Amazon Regions](pstools-installing-specifying-region.md)
+ [Configure federated identity](saml-pst.md)
+ [Cmdlet discovery and aliases](pstools-discovery-aliases.md)
+ [Pipelining, output, and iteration](pstools-pipelines.md)
+ [Credential and profile resolution](creds-assign.md)
+ [Users and roles](pstools-users-roles.md)
+ [Using legacy credentials](pstools-cred-legacy.md)