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Export-DhcpServer

Exports the DHCP server service configuration and lease data.

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Last verified: 2026-10-26

Microsoft DhcpServer reference: Exports the DHCP server service configuration and lease data. 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.

Export-DhcpServer [-File] <String> [-ScopeId <IPAddress[]>] [-Prefix <IPAddress[]>] [-Leases] [-Force]
 [-ComputerName <String>] [-CimSession <CimSession>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Export-DhcpServer. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / DhcpServer · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-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.
-File (required): Specifies the name of the file to which the data will be exported. If the complete file path is not specified, the file is created in the current working directory. If there is an existing file by the same name, an error is returned.
-Force: Specifies that, if there is a file that already exists with the specified name, the file is overwritten.
-Leases: Specifies that IP address leases is also exported.
-Prefix: Specifies one or more subnet prefixes of the IPv6 scopes which are exported.
-ScopeId: Specifies the scope identifiers, in IPv4 address format, which are exported.
-WhatIf: Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Prerequisites

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.

Security considerations

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.

Examples

Example 1: Export all DHCP configurations

Export-DhcpServer -ComputerName "dhcpserver.contoso.com" -File "C:\exportdir\dhcpexport.xml"

This example exports all of the DHCP server, DHCPv4 and DHCPv6, configurations including scopes present on the DHCP server service to the specified export file in XML file format. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/DhcpServer/Export-DhcpServer.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/dhcpserver/export-dhcpserver?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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