Retrieve information about roles, role services, and features that are available on a computer (Windows Server 2008 R2 - 2012 R2).
Syntax
Get-WindowsFeature [-Name] string[] [-Vhd String] [-ComputerName String] [-Credential PSCredential]
[-logPath string] [CommonParameters]
Key
-Name string
The command IDs of roles, role services, or features to retrieve.
Alternatively, an array of Feature objects will also be accepted.
You can find a list of command IDs for all roles, role services, and features in the
topic "Overview of Server Manager Commands" in the Server Manager Help.
-ComputerName
Gets the list of available roles, role services, and features from the specified remote computer.
-Credential
Specifies a user account that has access rights to perform this action.
"Domain\User" or "User@Domain.com"
-logPath string
The name and location of a log file, other than the default, %windir%\logs\ServerManager.log.
-Vhd
The path to an offline VHD. The path can either point to a VHD file, or to a location on which
the VHD is already mounted by using Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tools.
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
-OutBuffer -OutVariable.
Examples
Return a list of features with Command ID that starts with AD or Web:
C:\PS> Get-WindowsFeature AD*,Web*
Get all the Windows features available on the computer:
C:\PS> Get-WindowsFeature
"What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power” ~ Henry George
Related PowerShell Cmdlets:
Add-WindowsFeature - Install roles, role services, and features.
Install-WindowsFeature - Install roles, role services, or features (Server 2012 R2).
Uninstall-WindowsFeature - Uninstall/remove roles, role services, and features (2012 R2)
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature - Get information about optional features in a Windows image.