The PowerShell step type is a generic type that enables executing PowerShell commands. PowerShell steps can only run on Windows node pools and are similar to the Bash step on other node pools. As a general-purpose step that can execute any action that can be scripted, even with tools and services that haven't been integrated with JFrog Pipelines, it can be used to perform actions where complete control is required.
All native steps running in a Windows node pool derive from the PowerShell step. This means that all steps share the same base set of tags from PowerShell, while native steps have their own additional tags as well that support the step's particular function. So it's important to be familiar with the PowerShell step definition when running steps on Windows, since it's the core of the definition of all other steps.
The following topics provide more information on PowerShell Pipeline steps: