This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Get-WindowsFeature', in PowerShell version 3 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Gets information about Windows Server roles, role services, and features that are available for installation and installed on a specified server.
Get-WindowsFeature [[-Name] <String[]>] [-ComputerName <String>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-LogPath <String>] [-Vhd <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]
The Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet gets information about roles, role services, and features that are both available for installation and already
installed on a computer that is running Windows Server 2012 or an offline virtual hard disk (VHD) that is running Windows Server 2012.
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Uninstall-WindowsFeature
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EXAMPLE 1
PS C:\> Get-WindowsFeature -ComputerName Server1 -Credential contoso.com\user1
This example gets a list of features that is available and installed on the target computer named Server1. The credentials for user user1 in
the Contoso.com domain, a user who has Administrator rights on Server1, are provided.
EXAMPLE 2
PS C:\> Get-WindowsFeature -Vhd D:\ps-test\vhd1.vhd
This example returns a list of features that is available and installed on the specified offline VHD located at D:\ps-test\vhd1.vhd.
EXAMPLE 3
PS C:\> Get-WindowsFeature -Name AD*, Web*
This example returns a list of available and installed features that have a command ID starting with AD or Web.
EXAMPLE 4
PS C:\> Get-WindowsFeature –ComputerName Server01 | Where Installed
This example returns a list of features that is installed on a specified server, Server01.
EXAMPLE 5
PS C:\> Get-WindowsFeature –ComputerName Server01 | Where InstallState -Eq Removed
This example returns a list of features on a specified server, Server01, that have installation files removed from the local side-by-side
store, and require an external file source for installation.