Installing the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell on Windows Server

To install the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell on a Windows Server with Desktop Experience, follow these steps:

1. Open Server Manager ( servermanager.exe).
2. In the top gray pane, click Manage.
3. Select Add Roles and Features from the context menu.
4. In Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Next > until you reach the Select Features screen.
5. On the Select Features screen, scroll down in the list of features until you reach Remote Server Administration Tools.
6. Expand Remote Server Administration Tools.

1. Expand Role Administration Tools.
2. Expand AD DS and AD LDS Tools.
3. Select the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell feature:

1. Click Next > until you reach the Confirm installation selections page.
2. Click Install.
3. Click Close.

To install the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell on a Server Core installation of Windows Server, run these two commands:

PowerShell
Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-PowerShell