Use the Server Manager module for Windows PowerShell

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Use the Server Manager module for Windows PowerShell

Learn how to access and use additional Server Manager cmdlets in Windows PowerShell.


Server Manager’s command-line counterpart is the ServerManager module for Windows PowerShell. Generally, this module is not imported into Windows PowerShell by default. Instead, you need to import the module before you can use the cmdlets it provides. To import the Server Manager module, enter Import-Module ServerManager at the Windows PowerShell prompt. Once the module is imported, you can use it with the currently running instance of Windows PowerShell. The next time you start Windows PowerShell, you’ll need to import the module again if you want to use its features.

Note that you must be running Windows PowerShell with elevated user rights.

You can then use the following cmdlets:

-Add-WindowsFeature
-Get-WindowsFeature
-Remove-WindowsFeature

Here is a look at the syntax of these three cmdlets:

Add-WindowsFeature [-Name] <string[]> [-IncludeAllSubFeature] [-logPath <string>] [-WhatIf] [-Restart] [-Concurrent] [<CommonParameters>]

Get-WindowsFeature [[-Name] <string[]>] [-logPath <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Remove-WindowsFeature [-Name] <string[]> [-logPath <string>] [-WhatIf] [-Restart] [-Concurrent] [<CommonParameters>]

A simple sample, add-windowsfeature nlb would install Network Load Balancing.

From the Microsoft Press book Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, Second Edition by William R. Stanek.


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