--- title: Administering App-V 5.1 by Using PowerShell description: Administering App-V 5.1 by Using PowerShell author: v-madhi ms.assetid: 9e10ff07-2cd9-4dc1-9e99-582f90c36081 ms.reviewer: manager: dansimp ms.author: v-madhi ms.pagetype: mdop, appcompat, virtualization ms.mktglfcycl: deploy ms.sitesec: library ms.prod: w10 ms.date: 06/16/2016 --- # Administering App-V 5.1 by Using PowerShell Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.1 provides Windows PowerShell cmdlets, which can help administrators perform various App-V 5.1 tasks. The following sections provide more information about using PowerShell with App-V 5.1. ## How to administer App-V 5.1 by using PowerShell Use the following PowerShell procedures to perform various App-V 5.1 tasks.
Name Description

[How to Load the PowerShell Cmdlets and Get Cmdlet Help](how-to-load-the-powershell-cmdlets-and-get-cmdlet-help-51.md)

Describes how to install the PowerShell cmdlets and find cmdlet help and examples.

[How to Manage App-V 5.1 Packages Running on a Stand-Alone Computer by Using PowerShell](how-to-manage-app-v-51-packages-running-on-a-stand-alone-computer-by-using-powershell.md)

Describes how to manage the client package lifecycle on a stand-alone computer using PowerShell.

[How to Manage Connection Groups on a Stand-alone Computer by Using PowerShell](how-to-manage-connection-groups-on-a-stand-alone-computer-by-using-powershell51.md)

Describes how to manage connection groups using PowerShell.

[How to Modify Client Configuration by Using PowerShell](how-to-modify-client-configuration-by-using-powershell51.md)

Describes how to modify the client using PowerShell.

[How to Apply the User Configuration File by Using PowerShell](how-to-apply-the-user-configuration-file-by-using-powershell51.md)

Describes how to apply a user configuration file using PowerShell.

[How to Apply the Deployment Configuration File by Using PowerShell](how-to-apply-the-deployment-configuration-file-by-using-powershell51.md)

Describes how to apply a deployment configuration file using PowerShell.

[How to Sequence a Package by Using PowerShell](how-to-sequence-a-package--by-using-powershell-51.md)

Describes how to create a new package using PowerShell.

[How to Create a Package Accelerator by Using PowerShell](how-to-create-a-package-accelerator-by-using-powershell51.md)

Describes how to create a package accelerator using PowerShell. You can use package accelerators automatically sequence large, complex applications.

[How to Enable Reporting on the App-V 5.1 Client by Using PowerShell](how-to-enable-reporting-on-the-app-v-51-client-by-using-powershell.md)

Describes how to enable the computer running the App-V 5.1 to send reporting information.

[How to Install the App-V Databases and Convert the Associated Security Identifiers by Using PowerShell](how-to-install-the-app-v-databases-and-convert-the-associated-security-identifiers--by-using-powershell51.md)

Describes how to take an array of account names and to convert each of them to the corresponding SID in standard and hexadecimal formats.
  **Important**   Make sure that any script you execute with your App-V packages matches the execution policy that you have configured for PowerShell.   ## PowerShell Error Handling Use the following table for information about App-V 5.1 PowerShell error handling.
Event Action

Using the RollbackOnError attribute with embedded scripts

When you use the RollbackOnError attribute with embedded scripts, the attribute is ignored for the following events:

  • Removing a package

  • Unpublishing a package

  • Terminating a virtual environment

  • Terminating a process

Package name contains $

If a package name contains the character ( $ ), you must use a single-quote ( ‘ ), for example,

Add-AppvClientPackage ‘Contoso$App.appv’
  ## Related topics [Operations for App-V 5.1](operations-for-app-v-51.md)