Powershell Error “The term 'Get-Spsite' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function…”

Question

I just typed the follow to try and get my SharePoint site:

$site = Get-SPSite -Identity $siteID

And I get the following error message:

The term 'Get-SPSite' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script..

So after some searches, Apparenty I have to add the following line:

Add-PSSnap in Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell

but when I run it, I get the following message: Add-PSSnapin: No snap-ins have been registered for Windows Powershell version 5

Any idea of what I'm doing wrong?

Thank you for help :)

are you running the powershell on the SharePoint server or pc / laptop — Waqas Sarwar MVP♦, Feb 4 '19 at 14:15
If SharePoint install on it, then open the SharePoint PowerShell window? unless you are using the windows powershell ISE? — Waqas Sarwar MVP♦, Feb 4 '19 at 15:49

Fox · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-04 08:17:42Z

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Invalid syntax: Add-PSSnap in Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell

Use:

if(!(Get-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue))
{ 
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell 
}

Please make sure that you run the PowerShell on a SharePoint Server machine.

The PowerShell script below can get a list of snap-ins that are registered on your computer:

Get-PSSnapin –registered

More information about Add-PSSnapin

answered Feb 4 '19 at 8:12

Fox

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Thank you for your quick answer But I have the same error message: Add-PsSnapin : No snap-ins have been registered for Windows PowerShell version 5. – freedumz Feb 4 '19 at 8:14
get-pssnapin –registered docs.microsoft.com/ru-ru/powershell/module/… – Fox Feb 4 '19 at 8:15
get-pssnapin returns: Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core PsVersion :5.1.14393.2636 Description: This windows Powershell snap-im contains cmdlets used to manage components of Windows Powershell get-pssnapin-Registered returns nothing – freedumz Feb 4 '19 at 13:40
powershell.org/forums/topic/pssnapin-question-and-onenote – Fox Feb 4 '19 at 14:09

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