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 3rd party vendors with Windows PowerShell Support please see [[Powershell-enabled technologies]].
- For the list of standalone (i.e. not bundled with any bigger product) 3rd-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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Windows Server Backup | Cmdlets | Windows Server Backup Cmdlets [[Windows Server 2008 R2 PowerShell Backup]] |
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| Windows Server Migration Tools | Cmdlets | Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 | Migration Tools Cmdlets |