Server 2016 Desktop missing ServerManager Powershell module

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For the life of me I can't figure out why it's not there or how to add it. I did a fresh install of Server 2016 Standard (Desktop Experience) and it's missing the ServerManger module for Powershell. I did the exact same installation with Server 2016 Standard Core and it has it. I tried adding just the RSAT Powershell feature and then the entire RSAT feature and neither have provided the module.

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

@Michael-Bazdell,

determine what you have: get-windowsfeatures

You're looking to see if the Server Manager is either Installed or Available

I know if you're trying to run this on a machine that doesn't have it you have to import it in: import-module servermanager. But Windows 2016 natively should have imported in by default when you log into your server.

Hey Michael,

Sounds like you are referring to the ServerManager module for PowerShell, not a feature. Modules are managed through your PowerShell profile and your systems environment variables. The ServerManager module for Powershell is not loaded automatically. But, with PowerShell version 3 and later, if you try to run a Server Manager command from Powershell (e.g. Get-WindowsFeature) , PowerShell will load the ServerManager module for you. It will not be persistent though (won't survive a reboot). If it doesn't load automatically, you will need to check your environment variable PSModulePath. If you need the module to be there when you start PowerShell, you will need to modify your PowerShell profile.

To see which modules are loaded in your current session: Get-Module
To load the ServerManager module manually: Import-Module ServerManager

Hope this helps,

Mike

Hi Ronnie and Mike,

Thanks for your suggestions. Mike, I did as you suggested already last night and why I'm confused it's not working. I tried `import-module ServerManager' but it came back with an error saying the module wasn't available. I installed this manually on a VM with the ISO pulled directly from Microsoft. As I mentioned, it's there on the Core installation but missing from my Desktop installation. I'll blow away the VM and do it again to ensure nothing weird happened during the installation.

I'll report back with what I find.

Well I can't explain it. Deleted the virtual disk, added a new one and installed Server 2016 Desktop Experience Evaluation again, the exact same way as before, and this time the ServerManager module was available. I considered that maybe VMware tools had done something to it but it was still there after installing it. No idea.

Thanks for the suggestions anyways gusy!