Microsoft DhcpServer reference: Removes a range of addresses previously excluded from a multicast scope. 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 Remove-DhcpServerv4MulticastExclusionRange. 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
-AsJob
Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete. The cmdlet immediately returns an object that represents the job and then displays the command prompt. You can continue to work in the session while the job completes. To manage the job, use the *-Job cmdlets. To get the job results, use the Receive-Job cmdlet. For more information about Windows PowerShell® background jobs, see about_Jobs.
-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 Domain Name System (DNS) name or IP address of the target computer that runs the DHCP Server service.
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-EndRange
Specifies the high end of the range of IP addresses previously excluded from the scope. Use the *StartRange* parameter to specify the low end of the range of IP addresses to remove from the exclusion range. If you do not specify the low end of the range by using the *StartRange* parameter, the cmdlet removes the exclusion range that ends with this parameter. If the DHCP Server service is not excluding addresses ending at the specified value, the cmdlet returns an error and exits. If you do not specify either the low end or the high end of the exclusion range, the cmdlet removes all exclusion ranges for the specified scope.
-Name (required)
Specifies the name of the multicast scope from which to remove the IP address exclusion range.
-PassThru
Passthru If this parameter is specified, the cmdlet return the PowerShell objects which are deleted.
-StartRange
Specifies the low end of the range of IP addresses that were previously excluded from the scope. Use the *EndRange* parameter to specify the high end of the range of IP addresses to remove from the exclusion range. If you do not specify the high end of the range by using the *EndRange* parameter, the cmdlet removes the exclusion range that starts with this parameter. If the DHCP Server service is not excluding addresses starting at the specified value, the cmdlet returns an error and exits. If you do not specify either the low end or the high end of the exclusion range, the cmdlet removes all exclusion ranges for the specified scope.
-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.
-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: Remove an excluded address range by scope name
This command removes all excluded multicast IP address ranges from the multicast scope named Multicast_VideoConference from the DHCP Server service that runs on the computer named DhcpServer01.Contoso.com. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.