New-Module - Powershell 4.0 CmdLet

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New-Module

Short description
Creates a new dynamic module that exists only in memory.

Syntax


Description
The New-Module cmdlet creates a dynamic module from a script block. The members of the dynamic module, such as 
functions and variables, are immediately available in the session and remain available until you close the session.


Like static modules, by default, the cmdlets and functions in a dynamic module are exported and the variables and 
aliases are not. However, you can use the Export-ModuleMember cmdlet and the parameters of New-Module to override the 
defaults.


You can also use the AsCustomObject parameter of the New-Module cmdlet to return the dynamic module as a custom 
object. The members of the modules, such as functions, are implemented as script methods of the custom object instead 
of being imported into the session.


Dynamic modules  exist only in memory, not on disk. Like all modules, the members of dynamic modules run in a private 
module scope that is a child of the global scope. Get-Module cannot get a dynamic module, but Get-Command can get the 
exported members.


To make a dynamic module available to Get-Module, pipe a New-Module command to Import-Module, or pipe the module 
object that New-Module returns to Import-Module. This action adds the dynamic module to the Get-Module list, but it 
does not save the module to disk or make it persistent.