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List of Windows Features and Roles that Take Advantage of Windows PowerShell
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List of Windows Features and Roles that Take Advantage of Windows PowerShell
The following list contains Windows Features, roles and technologies that are
Windows PowerShell
-enabled.
For the list of other products (i.e. that are not Windows) both from Microsoft and 3
rd
party vendors with Windows PowerShell Support please see
Powershell-enabled technologies
.
For the list of standalone (i.e. not bundled with any bigger product) 3
rd
-party and community extensions please see
Popular Powershell modules
.
For the list of miscellaneous links please see
Windows PowerShell Survival Guide
.
Feature/Component
Features
OS Versions
Module name
Comments
Documentation
Active Directory Domain Services
Cmdlets, Provider
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
ActiveDirectory
Uses
custom web-services
to communicate with Domain Controller, so required at least one DC with Windows Server 2008R2 or with
AD Management Gateway Service
installed
Active Directory Cmdlets
Active Directory Federation Services
Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
AD FS Cmdlets
Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
Cmdlets, Provider
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
ADRMS
AD RMS Cmdlets
AppLocker
Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
AppLocker
AppLocker Cmdlets
Best Practices Analyzer
Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
BestPractices
BPA Cmdlets
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Cmdlets
PowerShell 2.0 on all versions of Windows
BitsTransfer
BITS Cmdlets
DNS Server
Cmdlets
Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1
DnsServer
DNS Server Cmdlets in Server 2012
DNS Server Cmdlets in Server 2012 R2
Failover Cluster
Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
FailoverClusters
Failover Cluster Cmdlets
Group Policy
Cmdlets
GroupPolicy
Group Policy Cmdlets
Microsoft iSCSI Target
Cmdlets
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
MicrosoftISCSITarget
PowerShell cmdlets for the Microsoft iSCSI Target 3.3
Network Load Balancing (NLB)
Cmdlets
NetworkLoadBalancingClusters
NLB Cmdlets
Remote Desktop Services
Provider
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
RDS Provider
Server Manager
Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
ServerManager
Server Manager Cmdlets
Troubleshooting Packs
Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
TroubleshootingPack
Troubleshooting Cmdlets
Web Server (IIS)
Cmdlets, Provider
WebAdministration
IIS Cmdlets
IIS Provider
Windows Server Backup
Cmdlets
Windows Server Backup Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2 PowerShell Backup
Windows Server Migration Tools
Cmdlets
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7
Migration Tools Cmdlets