Powershell Hyper-V Module on Server 2012 R2

I don't use powershell very much and I don't know if it's just me - but it seems every time I need to use powershell (and I always happen to be on different versions of Windows server) that something is different and even though I documented how I did something last time, it simply doesn't work in all cases.

Here's where I'm stuck today...

I'm on a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine, it has the Hyper-V role installed (and has running VM machines)


I'm trying to get a list of all VM's and the virtual network that their NIC is connected to.

But my issue is at the very basics, I can't even get output from "Get-VM"

I type it in, and nothing happens (no error, but no output, I just end up at the next line)

PS C:\> Get-VM
PS C:\>


If I type this:
Get-Command –Module Hyper-V

I get a list of all the Cmdlet's, for example:

CommandType     Name                                               ModuleName
-----------     ----                                               ----------
Cmdlet          Add-VMDvdDrive                                     Hyper-V
Cmdlet          Add-VMFibreChannelHba                              Hyper-V
Cmdlet          Add-VMHardDiskDrive                                Hyper-V
Cmdlet          Add-VMMigrationNetwork                             Hyper-VCommandType     Name                                               ModuleName
-----------     ----                                               ----------
Cmdlet          Add-VMDvdDrive                                     Hyper-V
Cmdlet          Add-VMFibreChannelHba                              Hyper-V
Cmdlet          Add-VMHardDiskDrive                                Hyper-V
Cmdlet          Add-VMMigrationNetwork                             Hyper-V
...etc

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Just in case, I also imported the Hyper-V module like this:

PS C:\> Import-Module “C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Hyper-V\Hyper-V.psd1”
PS C:\>


Here is the Powershell version info:

PS C:\> $psversiontable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      4.0
WSManStackVersion              3.0
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.34011
BuildVersion                   6.3.9600.16394
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.2

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So what am I missing?  If the Hyper-V module wasn't installed I assume typing Get-VM would give me an error, but it doesn't, yet it doesn't give any output either.

Also, if you can advise on the full command to list all VM's and their virtual switches that would be helpful too.


Thanks in advance