The Powershell Command "Get-DistributionGroup" doesn't work

Question

The Get-DistributionGroup command is supposed to list distribution groups in a domain but I can't get it to run on my server.

After some Googling I found that Import-Module ActiveDirectory needs to be run first, but what I get when I run that is:

Import-Module : The specified module 'ActiveDirectory' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.

My questions are

1. How do I install this module into my PowerShell module directory? I thought it was supposed to do this automatically
2. Once I have it installed, do I just run Import-Module ActiveDirectory and then I can run Get-DistributionGroup to list my dist groups?

Answer 1

Echoing mjolinor's comment, but feel free to append with extra info.

Installing the AD tools won't help. Get-DistributionGroup is an Exchange cmdlet.

You'll need to either:

• install the Exchange Management Tools
• or connect to a management session on an Exchange server