The Powershell Command "Get-DistributionGroup" doesn't work

powershell active-directory powershell-module
Tensigh picture Tensigh · Feb 29, 2016 · Viewed 13.3k times · Source

The Get-DistributionGroup command is supposed to list distribution groups in a domain but I can't get it to run on my server.

After some Googling I found that Import-Module ActiveDirectory needs to be run first, but what I get when I run that is:

Import-Module : The specified module 'ActiveDirectory' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.

My questions are

  1. How do I install this module into my PowerShell module directory? I thought it was supposed to do this automatically
  2. Once I have it installed, do I just run Import-Module ActiveDirectory and then I can run Get-DistributionGroup to list my dist groups?

Answer

KyleMit picture KyleMit · Jul 21, 2020

Echoing mjolinor's comment, but feel free to append with extra info.

Installing the AD tools won't help. Get-DistributionGroup is an Exchange cmdlet.

You'll need to either:

  • install the Exchange Management Tools
  • or connect to a management session on an Exchange server

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