Hyper-V module: setup and commands

Module 2 min read Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell 7

Written and tested by Dhrub Bharali · Updated 02 October 2026

Inspect VMs with Get-VM, review checkpoints and virtual switches, and distinguish configured state from replication and runtime health.

Getting it

Comes with the Hyper-V role or the management tools feature. Enable it with Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Management-PowerShell.

Examples

1PS> Get-VM

Show reference output

1 Name State CPUUsage(%) MemoryAssigned(M) Uptime

2 ---- ----- ----------- ----------------- ------

3 WEB01 Running 4 4096 2.03:14:08

4 DEV01 Off 0 0 00:00:00

1PS> Get-VMSnapshot -VMName App01

Show reference output

1 Name State CPUUsage(%) MemoryAssigned(M) Uptime

2 ---- ----- ----------- ----------------- ------

3 WEB01 Running 4 4096 2.03:14:08

4 DEV01 Off 0 0 00:00:00

What it is for

Use it for host-side inventory, checkpoint hygiene, and replication health. It is also how a guest build gets scripted end to end, since New-VM and its companions expose every setting the console does.

Typical tasks

Inventory VMs with state and assigned memory
Find checkpoints older than a threshold
Audit replication health for each VM
List virtual switches and their type
Check dynamic memory configuration
Report which VMs run on which host

Check the installed version

1PS> Get-Module -ListAvailable Hyper-V | Select-Object Name, Version, Path

2PS> Get-Command -Module Hyper-V

Compare the module path and version with the session used by your scheduled task or automation account. Use it for host-side inventory, checkpoint hygiene, and replication health. It is also how a guest build gets scripted end to end, since New-VM and its companions expose every setting the console does.

Primary documentation

Windows services and processes documentation

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