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Adds an IPv4 scope on the DHCP server service.
Microsoft DhcpServer reference: Adds an IPv4 scope on the DHCP server service. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.
Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Add-DhcpServerv4Scope. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.
Windows / DhcpServer · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply
-ActivatePolicies- Specifies the enabled state of the policy enforcement on the scope that is added.
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-CimSession- Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
-ComputerName- Specifies the DNS name, or IPv4 or IPv6 address, of the target computer that runs the DHCP server service.
-Confirm- Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-Delay- Specifies the number of milliseconds by which the DHCP server service should wait before responding to the client requests. Specify this parameter if the scope is part of a split scope deployment and this DHCP server service should act as a secondary DHCP server service for the scope being added.
-Description- Specifies the description string for the IPv4 scope that is added.
-EndRange (required)- Specifies the ending IP address of the range in the subnet from which IP addresses should be leased by the DHCP server service.
-LeaseDuration- Specifies the time interval for which an IP address should be leased to a client in this scope. This should be specified in the format day.hrs:mins:secs.
-MaxBootpClients- Specifies, if the scope type is specified as Both to allow for both DHCP and BootP clients, the maximum number of BootP clients which should be leased an IP address from this scope.
-Name (required)- Specifies the name of the IPv4 scope that is added.
-NapEnable- Specifies the enabled state of Network Access Protection (NAP) for this scope. If NAP is enabled, then the DHCP server service passes the statement of health (SoH) received from the client to the network policy server (NPS). Based on the NAP profile set, the NPS determines the network access to grant to the client.
-NapProfile- Specifies that the NAP profile should be set only if NAP is enabled on the scope. The NAP profile refers to the MS Service Class which is a condition used in network policies on NPS.
-PassThru- Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.
-StartRange (required)- Specifies the starting IP address of the range in the subnet from which IP addresses should be leased by the DHCP server service.
-State- Specifies the state of the scope when it is created. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Active and Inactive. Only an active scope responds to client requests. The default value is Active.
-SubnetMask (required)- Specifies the subnet mask for the scope specified in IP address format. For example: 255.255.255.0.
-SuperscopeName- Specifies the name of the superscope to which the scope is added.
-ThrottleLimit- Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.
-Type- Specifies the type of clients to be serviced by the scope. The acceptable values for this parameter are: DHCP, BootP, or Both. The type of the scope determines whether the DHCP server service responds to only DHCP client requests, only BootP client requests, or Both types of clients.
-WhatIf- Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Windows with the DhcpServer module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.
This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.