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PowerShell 7: Running Active Directory cmdlets on Windows Server 2016.

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In one of my previous posts we installed PowerShell 7 on Windows 10.

In my lab I installed PowerShell 7 on my Exchange 2016 Server. While there is no support for Exchange yet, Active Directory cmdlets work.

To install the preview you can run the command below from an elevated PowerShell Window:

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Compared to Windows 10, the installation window appeared almost immediately after pressing enter and the setup then came up, no captions below the few screenshots as its self explanatory.

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If you try and add a snapin using the Add-Snapin cmdlet, it fails with the error below:

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However Active Directory cmdlets are available and you can see them on both versions below:

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Just loving this new PowerShell. Try it out in your lab.