Import-Module The specified module activedirectory was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory

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I am having trouble doing an import-module ActiveDirectory on a Server 2008 SP2  64 bit     NET Framework 3 5 SP1 is installed I download the Windows6 0-KB968934-x86 msu  for ADWS  This file did not install saying that  The update does not apply to my system  Doing some research  http   anti-american rssing com chan-2091246 all p15 html  I installed hotfix in KB article 969166 and the above update installed  After a reboot  I noticed that in services  Active Directory Web Services is running I opened an administrative PS prompt and performed an Import-Module ActiveDirectory  but          I get   Import-Module   The specified module  activedirectory  was not loaded because no valid     module file was found in any module directory  At line 1 char 14   import-module  lt  lt  lt  lt   activedirectory       CategoryInfo            ResourceUnavailable   activedirectory String   Import-    Module   FileNotFoundException       FullyQualifiedErrorId   Modules ModuleNotFound Microsoft PowerShell Commands ImportModuleCommand   If its any help  here s some info in PSModule Path  modules and the version   PS C  Windows system32 gt   env PSModulePath C  Users ischmd Documents WindowsPowerShell Modules C  Windows system32 WindowsPowerShell v1 0 Modules   PS C  Windows system32 gt  Get-Module -ListAvailable  ModuleType Name                      ExportedCommands ---------- ----                      ---------------- Manifest   BitsTransfer                 Manifest   PSDiagnostics                 PS C  Windows system32 gt   PSVersionTable psversion  Major  Minor  Build  Revision -----  -----  -----  -------- 2      0      -1     -1   PS C  Windows system32 gt   host version  Major  Minor  Build  Revision -----  -----  -----  -------- 2      0      -1     -1   Any help is greatly appreciated  The main purpose of this is to GET-AdUser command to automate some process but at this point  were stumped  My only conclusion is that this is not possible with Windows 2008 SP2

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On Windows 10 - This happened for me after the latest update in 2020    What solved this issue for me was running the following in PowerShell  C   gt Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt

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The ActiveDirectory module for powershell can be installed by adding the RSAT-AD-Powershell feature   In an elevated powershell window   Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-PowerShell   or   Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName ActiveDirectory-Powershell -Online -All

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For non-servers this requires Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows      Windows 7  http   www microsoft com en-us download details aspx id 7887 Windows 8  http   www microsoft com en-us download details aspx id 28972 Windows 10  https   www microsoft com en-au download details aspx id 45520

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AD Powershell module should be listed under installed Features  See image

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Even better use implicit remoting to use a module from another Machine    s   New-PSSession Server-Name Invoke-Command -Session  s -ScriptBlock  Import-Module ActiveDirectory  Import-PSSession -Session  s -Module ActiveDirectory -Prefix REM   This will allow you to use the module off a remote PC for as long as the PSSession is connected   More Information  https   technet microsoft com en-us library ff720181 aspx

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You can install the Active Directory snap-in with Powershell on Windows Server 2012 using the following command   Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services    IncludeManagementTools  This helped me when I had problems with the Features screen due to AppFabric and Windows Update errors

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This may be an old post  but if anyone is still facing this issue after trying all the above mentioned steps  ensure whether the default path of PowerShell module is specified under the  PSModulePath  environment variable   The default path should be   SystemRoot  system32 WindowsPowerShell v1 0 Modules

[active-directory] Import-Module : The specified module 'activedirectory' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory

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