diff --git a/assets/Product.wxs b/assets/Product.wxs
index f0a51dcb8a..8f2362d098 100644
--- a/assets/Product.wxs
+++ b/assets/Product.wxs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       <Publish Dialog="MyExitDialog" Control="Finish" Order="1" Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchApplication">LAUNCHAPPONEXIT</Publish>
     </UI>
     <!-- Prerequisites -->
-    <Condition Message="Supported only on Win8 and above">
+    <Condition Message="Supported only on Windows 7 and above">
       <![CDATA[ Installed OR $(var.MinOSVersionSupported) ]]>
     </Condition>
     <!-- Information About When Older Versions Are Trying To Be Installed-->
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       <ComponentRef Id="ProductVersionFolder"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="ApplicationProgramsMenuShortcut"/>
     </Feature>
-    <!--We need to show EULA, and provide option to customize download location-->
+    <!-- We need to show EULA, and provide option to customize download location -->
     <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLFOLDER" />
     <!-- Prerequisite check for Windows Universal C runtime -->
     <Property Id="UNIVERSAL_C_RUNTIME_INSTALLED" Secure="yes">
@@ -84,17 +84,17 @@
         </DirectorySearch>
       </DirectorySearch>
     </Property>
-    <Condition Message="$(env.ProductName) requires the Universal C Runtime to be installed. You can find a download link to it here: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/installation/windows.md#prerequisites">
+    <Condition Message="$(env.ProductName) requires the Universal C Runtime to be installed to enable remoting over WinRM. You can find a download link to it here: https://aka.ms/pscore6-prereq">
       <![CDATA[Installed OR UNIVERSAL_C_RUNTIME_INSTALLED]]>
     </Condition>
-    <!-- Prerequisite check for Visual Studio 2015 C++ redistributables -->
-    <Property Id="VISUAL_CPP_RUNTIME_INSTALLED" Secure="yes">
+    <!-- Prerequisite check for Windows Management Framework -->
+    <Property Id="PWRSHPLUGIN_VERSION" Secure="yes">
       <DirectorySearchRef Id="System32" Parent="WindowsDirectory" Path="System32">
-        <FileSearch Id="vcruntime140" Name="vcruntime140.dll"/>
+        <FileSearch Id="pwrshplugin" Name="pwrshplugin.dll" MinVersion="6.3.9600.16383"/>
       </DirectorySearchRef>
     </Property>
-    <Condition Message="$(env.ProductName) requires the Visual Studio 2015 C++ redistributables to be installed. You can find a download link to it here: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/installation/windows.md#prerequisites">
-      <![CDATA[Installed OR VISUAL_CPP_RUNTIME_INSTALLED]]>
+    <Condition Message="$(env.ProductName) requires the Windows Management Framework 4.0 or newer to be installed to enable remoting over WinRM. You can find download links here: https://aka.ms/pscore6-prereq">
+      <![CDATA[Installed OR PWRSHPLUGIN_VERSION ]]>
     </Condition>
     <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
       <Directory Id="$(var.ProductProgFilesDir)">
diff --git a/docs/installation/windows.md b/docs/installation/windows.md
index fdb3b9d753..47a307aae8 100644
--- a/docs/installation/windows.md
+++ b/docs/installation/windows.md
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ There is a shortcut placed in the Start Menu upon installation.
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
+To enable PowerShell remoting over WinRM, the following prerequisites need to be met:
+
 * Install the [Universal C Runtime](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=50410) on Windows versions prior to Windows 10.
   It is available via direct download or Windows Update.
   Fully patched (including optional packages), supported systems will already have this installed.
-* Install the [Visual C++ Redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=48145) for VS2015.
+* Install the Windows Management Framework (WMF) [4.0](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=40855)
+  or newer ([5.0](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=50395),
+  [5.1](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=54616)) on Windows 7.
 
 ## Deploying on Nano Server
 
diff --git a/test/powershell/Installer/WindowsInstaller.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Installer/WindowsInstaller.Tests.ps1
index 854526410f..0084671ab6 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Installer/WindowsInstaller.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Installer/WindowsInstaller.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
-$thisTestFolder = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Parent
-$wixProductFile = Join-Path $thisTestFolder "..\..\..\assets\Product.wxs"
-
 Describe "Windows Installer" -Tags "Scenario" {
 
     BeforeAll {
-        $originalDefaultParameterValues = $PSDefaultParameterValues.Clone()
-        if ( ! $IsWindows ) {
-            $PSDefaultParameterValues["it:skip"] = $true
-        }
+        $preRequisitesLink =  'https://aka.ms/pscore6-prereq'
+        $linkCheckTestCases = @(
+            @{ Name = "Universal C Runtime"; Url = $preRequisitesLink }
+            @{ Name = "WMF 4.0"; Url = "https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=40855" }
+            @{ Name = "WMF 5.0"; Url = "https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=50395" }
+            @{ Name = "WMF 5.1"; Url = "https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=54616" }
+        )
     }
-
-    AfterAll {
-        $global:PSDefaultParameterValues = $originalDefaultParameterValues
-    }
-
-    $preRequisitesLink =  'https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/docs/installation/windows.md#prerequisites'
         
     It "WiX (Windows Installer XML) file contains pre-requisites link $preRequisitesLink" {
+        $wixProductFile = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath "..\..\..\assets\Product.wxs"
         (Get-Content $wixProductFile -Raw).Contains($preRequisitesLink) | Should Be $true
     }
 
-    It "Pre-Requisistes link $preRequisitesLink is reachable" -TestCases $downloadLinks -Test {
+    It "Pre-Requisistes link for '<Name>' is reachable" -TestCases $linkCheckTestCases -Test {
+        param ($Url)
+
         # Because an outdated link 'https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=504100000' would still return a 200 reponse (due to a redirection to an error page), it only checks that it returns something
-        (Invoke-WebRequest $preRequisitesLink -UseBasicParsing) | Should Not Be $null
+        (Invoke-WebRequest $Url -UseBasicParsing) | Should Not Be $null
     }
-	
 }