The term 'Remove-CMContentDistribution' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

Question

Hello,

Opened ConfigMgr Console as Administrator. Then opened the PowerShell ISE from the console.
Below message appears when i execute a powershell command.

The term 'Remove-CMContentDistribution' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

Please help what is the thing i am doing wrongly

Answer 1

Hi, @Boopathi Subramaniam
Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

When you open the PowerShell ISE from the console, did you see the script like below? We should run this script first to import the ConfigurationManager.psd1 module and set the current location to be the site code.

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Answer 2

Does it work if you add "Import-Module ConfigurationManager" at the beginning of your script?

Answer 3

Hello RichMatheisen,

Thanks for the reply.

Getting the below message.

Please help.

Answer 4

Please see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sccm/overview?view=sccm-ps on how to get started with the ConfigMgr and PowerShell including things like launching a PowerShell prompt from the ConfigMgr console and how to import the module on systems where the console is already installed.