Modules

PowerShell Modules are packages of PowerShell functionality.

In other words, they’re little gift boxes of code and joy.

You can find many modules on the PowerShell Gallery ( ~7 billion served ).

You can install them with the built-in command Install-Module.

For instance, if we wanted to install an offline copy of the PowerShell Guide, we’d use:

Install-Module PowerShellGuide

Once a module is installed, we can import the module with Import-Module:

Import-Module PowerShellGuide

If we wanted to remove it after we’ve loaded it:

Remove-Module PowerShellGuide

Hopefully we’re getting it. Verb-noun pairing can be rather obviously boring sometimes.

There are many modules. It’s something of a popularity contest, though the most popular kids in this class are largely liked by robots.

That stated, there are at least a few modules we here at the PowerShell Guide think you might want to know about.

These fall into a couple of categories:

• The Modules That Make The PowerShell Guide
• Modules We Like

We strongly recommend you explore the many modules that exist out there. The PowerShell Gallery is a great place to start. So is Github.