Q. How can I get a list of all the Windows PowerShell modules that are available to be imported?

A. The Get-Module cmdlet has a -ListAvailable switch that will list all modules that are available on a computer. The syntax for the cmdlet is simply

Get-Module -ListAvailable

The cmdlet gives you a lot of information. If you just want to see the module names and their descriptions, you can pass the output into the format-table cmdlet and show just the Name and Description properties, as shown here.

PS C:Userssavadmin> Get-Module -ListAvailable | Format-Table Name, DescriptionName                  Description----                  -----------ADRMS                 Microsoft Windows Active Directory Rights Management Ser...AppLocker             Powershell AppLocker ModuleBestPractices         Best Practices ModuleBitsTransferFailoverClustersFileTransfer          Powershell File Transfer ModulePSDiagnostics         Windows PowerShell Diagnostic Utilities ModuleServerManagerTroubleshootingPack   Microsoft Windows TroubleshootingPack Module

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