WindowsPE with Hyper-V PowerShell module

Question

Hi all,
Is there a way to add Hyper-V PowerShell module to WindowsPE? I'd like to be able to use one of its cmdlets in WindowsPE session.

Answer 1

Hello,

Maybe this article will help you further:

WinPE: Adding Windows PowerShell support to Windows PE

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/winpe-adding-powershell-support-to-windows-pe?view=windows-11

In addition you can check the PowerShell Gallery modules for Windows Server Administration:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/5-powershell-gallery-modules-for-windows-server-administration/ba-p/2277836

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Answer 2

Thank you for your feedback. I've gone through these articles before, enabled all PS features on WindowsPE, but no Hyper-V cmdlets in WindowsPE.

I've gone down the path of trying to figure out where modules are typically located. Hyper-V module is a binary type so I've copied all necessary module folders and .dll files to corresponding location on WindowsPE and was finally able to get the PowerShell cmdlets for Hyper-V on WindowsPE to show up in PowerShell console, but my excitement was short lived. While I can get to cmdlets, they are not working and now I get the following error:

The Hyper-V Management Tools could not access an expected WMI class on computer <computername>. This may indicate that the Hyper-V Platform is not installed on the computer or that the version of the Hyper-V Platform is incompatible with these management tools.

At this point I'm pretty sure this isn't supported at all. I'm still wondering though if I can somehow get it to work in "unsupported" mode.