Add PowerShell variant to MSI install docs (#1548) (#1564)

* Add PowerShell variant to MSI install docs * Change 'Bash' to 'default command prompt' * change nesting of the variant command bullets * re-add URL description (cherry picked from commit 1d7deb2) Co-authored-by: David Kilfoyle <[email protected]>
elastic · Dec 16, 2024 · 4ed1bf3 · 4ed1bf3
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@@ -10,13 +10,24 @@ The MSI package installer must be run by an administrator account. The installer
 
 . Download the latest Elastic Agent MSI binary from the link:https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elastic-agent[{agent} download page].
 
-. Run the installer:
+. Run the installer. The command varies slightly depending on whether you're using the default Windows command prompt or PowerShell.
++
+====
+** Using the default command prompt:
 +
 [source,shell]
 ----
 elastic-agent-<VERSION>-windows-x86_64.msi INSTALLARGS="--url=<URL> --enrollment-token=<TOKEN>"
 ----
 +
+** Using PowerShell:
++
+[source,shell]
+----
+./elastic-agent-<VERSION>-windows-x86_64.msi --% INSTALLARGS="--url=<URL> --enrollment-token=<TOKEN>"
+----
+====
++
 Where:
 
 * `VERSION` is the {stack} version you're installing, indicated in the MSI package name. For example, `8.13.2`.