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Get-VMNetworkAdapter

Gets the virtual network adapters of a virtual machine, snapshot, management operating system, or of a virtual machine and management operating system.

Last verified: 2026-10-26

Microsoft Hyper-V reference: Gets the virtual network adapters of a virtual machine, snapshot, management operating system, or of a virtual machine and management operating system. 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-VMNetworkAdapter [-IsLegacy <Boolean>] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-ComputerName <String[]>]
 [-Credential <PSCredential[]>] [-VMName] <String[]> [[-Name] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Required permissions

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

Supported environments

Windows / Hyper-V · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-All (required)

Specifies all virtual network adapters in the system, regardless of whether the virtual network adapter is in the management operating system or in a virtual machine.

-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 one or more Hyper-V hosts on the virtual network adapters are to be retrieved. NetBIOS names, IP addresses, and fully qualified domain names are allowable. The default is the local computer. Use localhost or a dot (.) to specify the local computer explicitly.

-Credential

Specifies one or more user accounts that have permission to perform this action. The default is the current user.

-IsLegacy

Specify as $TRUE to retrieve only legacy network adapters, or as $FALSE to retrieve only Hyper-V-specific network adapters. If not specified, virtual network adapters of both types are retrieved.

-ManagementOS (required)

Specifies the management operating system, i.e. the virtual machine host operating system.

-Name

Specifies the name of the network adapter to be retrieved.

-SwitchName

Specifies the name of the virtual switch whose network adapters are to be retrieved. (This parameter is available only for virtual network adapters in the management operating system.)

-VM (required)

Specifies the virtual machine whose virtual network adapters are to be retrieved. The asterisk, "*", is the wildcard. If it is specified the cmdlet returns virtual network adapters from every virtual machine in the system.

-VMName (required)

Specifies the name of the virtual machine whose network adapters are to be retrieved.

-VMSnapshot (required)

Specifies the snapshot whose network adapters are to be retrieved.

Prerequisites

Windows with the Hyper-V 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

Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName *

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/Hyper-V/Get-VMNetworkAdapter.md

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

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