If you are using OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2019, the default shell is cmd.exe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want to set the default shell to PowerShell or even PowerShell Core, you can run the following PowerShell command (it will create a registry key) then restart the OpenSSH server service : <\/p>\n\n\n\n
New-ItemProperty -Path \"HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\OpenSSH\" -Name DefaultShell -Value \"C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe\" -PropertyType String -Force<\/pre>\n\n\n\nIf you want to use PowerShell Core, change the path of the value variable but note that currently a path with space in directory name seems to be unsupported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"