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Get-SmbShare

Retrieves the SMB shares on the computer.

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Last verified: 2026-10-26

Microsoft SmbShare reference: Retrieves the SMB shares on the computer. 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.

Get-SmbShare [[-Name] <String[]>] [[-ScopeName] <String[]>] [-Scoped <Boolean[]>]
 [-Special <Boolean[]>] [-ContinuouslyAvailable <Boolean[]>] [-ShareState <ShareState[]>]
 [-FolderEnumerationMode <FolderEnumerationMode[]>] [-CachingMode <CachingMode[]>]
 [-LeasingMode <LeasingMode[]>] [-DirectoryHandleLeasing <Boolean[]>]
 [-ConcurrentUserLimit <UInt32[]>] [-AvailabilityType <AvailabilityType[]>] [-CaTimeout <UInt32[]>]
 [-EncryptData <Boolean[]>] [-CompressData <Boolean[]>] [-IsolatedTransport <Boolean[]>]
 [-QoSFlowScope <QoSFlowScope[]>] [-QoSPolicyId <String[]>] [-IncludeHidden]
 [-SmbInstance <SmbInstance>] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-AsJob]
 [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

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

Supported environments

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

Parameters

-AsJob: Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.
-AvailabilityType: Specifies the cluster type of the shares being enumerated.
-CATimeout: Specifies the continuous availability time-out of the SMB share.
-CachingMode: Specifies the caching mode of the offline files for the SMB share. There are five caching modes: - BranchCache - Enables BranchCache and manual caching of documents on the shared folder. - Documents - Automatically stores documents offline. - Manual - Allows users to identify the documents and programs that they want to store offline. - Programs - Automatically stores documents and programs offline. - None - Prevents users from storing documents and programs offline.
-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.
-CompressData: Indicates that the shares being enumerated should request compression from clients.
-ConcurrentUserLimit: Specifies the concurrent user limit of the shares being enumerated.
-ContinuouslyAvailable: Indicates that the shares being enumerated should be continuously available.
-EncryptData: Indicates that the shares being enumerated should be encrypted.
-FolderEnumerationMode: Specifies the folder enumeration mode of the shares being enumerated.
-IncludeHidden: Indicates that shares that are created and used internally are also enumerated.
-IsolatedTransport: Treats this share to be a distinct file server instance. Clients will establish a new set of connections to access the share.
-LeasingMode: Specifies SMB leasing and oplock behaviors for application compatibility. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - Full: Use default lease and oplock behaviors from SMB3. - Shared: Grant read-caching lease but not write or handle-caching. - None: No oplocks or leases, behave like SMB1 (not recommended). > [!IMPORTANT] > We Don't recommend disabling oplocks, but may be required in some scenarios. > For more information, see SMB1 Product Clearinghouse.
-Name: Specifies one or more SMB shares by share name.
-QoSFlowScope: Specifies the Quality of Service (QoS) flow scope for the SMB share. The QoS flow scope determines how QoS policies are applied to SMB traffic. The accepted values are: - File: Applies the QoS policy to file operations, each file handle is considered a flows. - Share: Applies the QoS policy to SMB share connections, each connection is considered a flow. - User: Applies the QoS policy to each user connection, each user connection is considered a flow. - Session: Applies the QoS policy to each SMB session, each session connection is considered a flow. The default value is None.
-QoSPolicyId: Specifies the QoS policy ID for the SMB share. The QoS policy ID is used to apply QoS policies to SMB traffic. The default value is None.
-ScopeName: Specifies the scope of the share by name. For use with Windows Server failover cluster file server resources.
-Scoped: Indicates that the shares to be numerated should be scoped.
-ShareState: Specifies the state of the shares being enumerated.
-SmbInstance: Specifies the SMB share instance type. Accepted values are: - Default: Used for operations where a client device opens a file on a share on the server. - CSV: Used by Windows Failover Clusters. - SBL: Used by Storage Spaces Direct. - SR: Used by Storage Replica.
-Special: Indicates that the shares to be numerated should be special. Admin share, default shares, IPC$ share are examples of special shares.
-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.

Prerequisites

Windows with the SmbShare 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 is a read-oriented cmdlet; protect any sensitive results and check the documented effects of your selected parameters.

Examples

Example 1: Get SMB shares on a local computer

Get-SMBShare

This command retrieves the SMB shares on the computer. 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/SmbShare/Get-SmbShare.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/smbshare/get-smbshare?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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