{"id":16026,"date":"2018-09-07T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/?p=16026"},"modified":"2018-09-13T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T16:48:56","slug":"module-manager-the-indispensable-new-tool-for-managing-powershell-modules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/module-manager-the-indispensable-new-tool-for-managing-powershell-modules\/","title":{"rendered":"Module Manager: The indispensable new tool for managing PowerShell modules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAPIEN Technologies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/16\/introducing-module-manager-available-for-community-preview\/\">recently released a free Preview version of the new Module Manager tool<\/a>. This tool will make your module management free of headaches!<\/p>\n<p>How many times have you discovered that you are working with an outdated module? Or perhaps you already have a routine of doing a manual, tedious search for the latest releases of your modules. Module Manager can solve these problems and many more.<\/p>\n<h3>What Module Manager brings to the table<\/h3>\n<p>1. Add existing repositories (Internal or External).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Repositories-FileMenu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Repositories-FileMenu-1024x643.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Repositories-FileMenu-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Repositories-FileMenu-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Repositories-FileMenu-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Repositories-FileMenu-848x533.png 848w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Repositories-FileMenu.png 1799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Research for module information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MainView-RepositorySearch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MainView-RepositorySearch-1024x643.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MainView-RepositorySearch-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MainView-RepositorySearch-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MainView-RepositorySearch-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MainView-RepositorySearch-848x533.png 848w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MainView-RepositorySearch.png 1799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Visually identify modules that have an update available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_03_2018-09-05_22-29-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_03_2018-09-05_22-29-21-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_03_2018-09-05_22-29-21-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_03_2018-09-05_22-29-21.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Displays information about installed modules.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_04_2018-09-05_22-29-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_04_2018-09-05_22-29-21-300x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_04_2018-09-05_22-29-21-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_04_2018-09-05_22-29-21-768x296.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_04_2018-09-05_22-29-21-1024x395.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_04_2018-09-05_22-29-21-848x327.jpg 848w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_04_2018-09-05_22-29-21.jpg 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Module installation is manageable with options like Update, Disable, and Uninstall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_05_2018-09-05_22-29-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_05_2018-09-05_22-29-21-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_05_2018-09-05_22-29-21-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_05_2018-09-05_22-29-21-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_05_2018-09-05_22-29-21-1024x380.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_05_2018-09-05_22-29-21-848x314.jpg 848w, https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MM_05_2018-09-05_22-29-21.jpg 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, this new tool will give you the ability to keep your modules up-to-date and more. Download the Module Manager preview, and let us know what you think!<\/p>\n<h2>Free Preview for a Limited Time<\/h2>\n<p>Module Manager is available for a time-limited community preview, which expires on December 1, 2018. Module Manager is currently available in 64 bit and only for Windows PowerShell 5.0<\/p>\n<p>Download preview here:\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/sapien.s3.amazonaws.com\/Blog_Post_Files\/MMGSetup_1.0.1_081418_x64.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Module Manager (64 bit)<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/16\/introducing-module-manager-available-for-community-preview\/\">Introducing Module Manager \u2013 Available for Community Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Feedback<\/h3>\n<p>As always, if you have any ideas, comments, or feedback, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/forums\/viewforum.php?f=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit our feedback forum<\/a>\u00a0and reference this post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Max Trinidad is a Technology Evangelist at SAPIEN Technologies Inc., and a Microsoft PowerShell MVP. You can reach him at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:maxt@sapien.com\">maxt@sapien.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAPIEN Technologies recently released a free Preview version of the new Module Manager tool. This tool will make your module management free of headaches! How many times have you discovered that you are working with an outdated module? 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