PowerShell Modules

Module management with Import-Module, PSGallery discovery, and module path configuration.

Modules Quick Reference

List installed modules

Get-Module -ListAvailable | Select-Object Name, Version, ModuleType | Sort-Object Name

Import a module

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Import-Module NetTCPIP
Import-Module PKI

Find commands in a module

Get-Command -Module ActiveDirectory | Measure-Object
Get-Command -Module ActiveDirectory -Verb Get | Select-Object Name

Install from PSGallery

Find-Module -Name PSReadLine
Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Update-Module -Name PSReadLine

Key modules for infrastructure work

Get-Module -ListAvailable | Where-Object Name -in @(
    "ActiveDirectory", "GroupPolicy", "DnsServer", "DhcpServer",
    "NetTCPIP", "NetAdapter", "PKI", "Hyper-V", "Storage"
) | Select-Object Name, Version

PowerShell Modules

Modules Quick Reference

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