How to install AWS CLI 2 on Windows 11 using PowerShell

If you want to install AWS CLI 2 on your Windows 11 PC using PowerShell, you can follow the below steps.

1. Open PowerShell on your Windows.
2. Download AWS CLI 2 and run the below cmdlet command.

   Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.msi -OutFile AWSCLIV2.msi

   Logs:

   Writing web request
   Writing request stream... (Number of bytes written: 19774898)

3. Next to install the setup, run the command,

   Start-Process -Wait -FilePath .\AWSCLIV2.msi
   

4. Finally to check the CLI was installed correctly, run the version command.

   PS C:\Users\Sam> aws --version
   
   aws-cli/2.13.22 Python/3.11.5 Windows/10 exe/AMD64 prompt/off

If you want to perform a silent installation, you can run the command as follows.

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath msiexec.exe -ArgumentList '/i .\AWSCLIV2.msi /qn'