Get-WindowsFeature

The Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet allows you to retrieve information about
roles, role services, and features that are available on a computer that
is running Windows Server 2008 R2.

Get-WindowsFeature [[-Name] <string[]>] [-logPath <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

The Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet allows you to retrieve information about
roles, role services, and features that are available on a computer that
is running Windows Server 2008 R2. The cmdlet results display both those
Windows features that are already installed on the computer and those that
are available to install.

-Name

Specifies the command IDs of roles, role services, or features you want
the Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet to return information about.

You can find a list of command IDs for all roles, role services, and
features in the topic "Overview of Server Manager Commands" in the
Server Manager Help.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	true
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByValue)
Position?	1

-logPath

Specifies a name and location for a log file, other than the default,
%windir%\logs\servermanager.log. Add this parameter if you want the
results of the Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet to be stored in a log.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Position?	named

-CommonParameter

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see About Common Parameter

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet. The return type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

Input Type	string[]. Array of strings.
Return Type	Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.Feature(s). Feature object(s)

Example 1

Get-WindowsFeature AD*,Web*

Returns a list of features with Command ID that starts with AD or Web.

Example 2

Get-WindowsFeature

Get all the Windows features available on the computer.

Reference

Add-WindowsFeature

Get-WindowsFeature