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Where can you view the full history from all sessions in Windows Server 2016?
The following PowerShell command only includes the commands from the current session:
Get-History 
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Using the F8 key, you can find the command in history that matches the text on the current command line. For example, enter get- and press F8 . The last entry in the command history matching this text will be found. To go to the next command in history, press F8 again.
PowerShell logs can be viewed using the Windows Event Viewer. The event log is located in the Application and Services Logs group and is named PowerShellCore . The associated ETW provider GUID is {f90714a8-5509-434a-bf6d-b1624c8a19a2} .
Open the Start menu and type cmd in the search bar. Right-click on the Command Prompt app and select Run as Administrator to proceed. Type the command doskey /h > c:\cmd_history. txt and press Enter.
In PowerShell enter the following command:
(Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath This gives you the path where all of the history is saved. Then open the path in a text editor.
Try cat (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath to list the history in PowerShell.
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