How can I use IIS administration commandlets on Windows Server 2012 R2?

Question

I'm trying to use IIS administration commandlets such as Get-IISSite on a Windows Server 2012 R2 computer.

I've already installed IIS Server and all IIS Management Tools roles and rebooted the server.

However, when I open a PS commandline as administrator, the commandlets are still missing:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> get-command *iis*

CommandType     Name                                               ModuleName
-----------     ----                                               ----------
Function        IIS:                                               WebAdministration
Application     iisreset.exe


PS C:\Users\Administrator>

What am I doing wrong?

Edit: One thing I've also already tried (without any luck):

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Import-Module webadministration
PS C:\Users\Administrator> get-command *iis*

CommandType     Name                                               ModuleName
-----------     ----                                               ----------
Function        IIS:                                               webadministration
Application     iisreset.exe


PS C:\Users\Administrator>

Solution

As jScott correctly remarked in the comments, Get-IISSite ist not included in Windows-Server 2012 R2, but only in later Windows Server versions and in Windows 10 or higher. Import-Module WebAdministration; (Get-Module WebAdministration).ExportedCommands is very similar and works under Windows Server 2012 R2 though.

Comments

[jscott]

I don't see Get-IISSite listed for 2012 R2, it doesn't appear until Server Technical Preview/Windows 10. What does Import-Module WebAdministration; (Get-Module WebAdministration).ExportedCommands have to say?

[Adrian Grigore]

@jscott: that does indeed work (There's get-webserver instead of get-iis). Thanks for your help! However, now I'm confused. What is the difference between get-webserver and get-iis? it seems very similar.

[jscott]

Looking at the docs the main difference seems Get-WebSite uses -Name <String> while Get-IISSite users -Name <String[]>. I haven't a Server Technical Preview available at the moment to provide a more useful response, sorry.

[Alex]

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